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He was the only president unanimously elected. Meaning all of the state representatives voted for him. He never served as president in Washington D.C., the capital that was named for him. In his first year the capital was in New York City, then moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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-05/29/1790: Ratifying the Constitution
Rhode Island ratifies the Constitution, becoming the last of the original thirteen states under the Articles of Confederation to join the newly formed Union.
-08/04/1790: Revolutionary War debts: President Washington signs a bill into law that directed the federal government to assume the Revolutionary War debts of the states.
-07/16/1790: Establishing the capital: President Washington signs a bill into law that permanently places the nation's capital along the Potomac River, in an area to be called the District of Columbia.
-12/06/1790: Moving the capital
The United States Capital officially moves from New York to Philadelphia, where it remains until the completion of the District of Columbia in 1800.
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-For Washington's initial election, political parties were not in existence. He became associated with the Federalist party after he was in office.
-Washington was re-elected unanimously in the 1792 presidential election, and chose to retire after two terms. He was succeeded by his vice president, John Adams of the Federalist Party.

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On April 21, 1789, John Adams, the first vice president of the United States, began his duties as president of the Senate. Adam's role in the administration of George Washington was sharply constrained by the constitutional limits on the vice presidency and his own reluctance to encroach upon executive prerogative.

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The presidency of George Washington began on April 30, 1789, when Washington was inaugurated as the first president of the United States, and ended on March 4, 1797 Washington took office after the 1788–89 presidential election, the nation's first quadrennial presidential election, in which he was elected unanimously.

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-However, some advisers and fellow statesmen argued that the volatile political climate—marked not only by the ongoing conflict between Great Britain and France but also by a growing internal dispute between Federalists and Anti-Federalists  that often divided along regional lines—demanded a president who could reliably maintain the young country’s stability. Washington, who remained immensely popular throughout the United States, thus eventually agreed to run for reelection in 1792.
-While no effort was made to unseat Washington as president, Anti-Federalists, led by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, mounted a campaign during the year to replace the Federalist Vice Pres. John Adams.

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--George Washington thought he had done enough. He desperately wanted to go home and live a quiet life, but Americans wanted no one else to lead them.
-No other person was seriously considered. America's first presidential campaign was really its citizens' efforts to convince Washington to accept the office.
-Many told Washington that his country needed him more than ever and that there was no justification for his refusal.
-The President was chosen by the Electoral College. In 1788, the method for selecting electors was decided by each state legislature, by public vote in some states and by legislative selection in others.
- The election was administered only in ten of the states because Rhode Island and North Carolina had yet to ratify the Constitution and a quarreling New York failed to choose electors in time.
-Washington badly wanted to retire at the conclusion of his first term in 1792.
-“It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.” “It is better to be alone than in bad company.” “If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.”

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- The first presidential election was held on January 7, 1789, and Washington won handily.
-John Adams  (1735-1826), who received the second-largest number of votes, became the nation’s first vice president.
-The United States was a small nation when Washington took office, consisting of 11 states and approximately 4 million people, and there was no precedent for how the new president should conduct domestic or foreign business.

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-Washington, who had no previous military experience, was made a commander of the Virginia militia
- He saw action in the French & Indian War, and was eventually put in charge of all of Virginia’s militia forces.
-By 1759, Washington had resigned his commission, returned to Mount Vernon and was elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses, where he served until 1774.
-In the ensuing years, Washington expanded Mount Vernon from 2,000 acres into an 8,000-acre property with five farms.
-He grew a variety of crops, including wheat and corn, bred mules and maintained fruit orchards and a successful fishery. --He was deeply interested in farming and continually experimented with new crops and methods of land conservation.

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-Unlikely  many of his contemporaries, Washington never attended college or received a formal education.
-His two older brothers, Lawrence and Augustine Washington, Jr., attended Appleby Grammar School in England.
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To augment his studies, George Washington, begin to teach himself through reading and experimentation.  In his early life, three major influences drove Washington's path of self-betterment. :
-At an early age, he made a copy of Rules of Civility & Decent Behavior in Company & Conversation.
-He formed an early bond with his half-brother, Lawrence Washington, who exposed him to the Virginia gentry.
-Washington's' relationship with the Fairfaxes who taught him the math and science techniques of surveying

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https://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/george-washington

https://www.whitehousehistory.org/bios/george-washington

https://www.mountvernon.org/george-washington/biography/

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-In Jan. 1759, he married Martha Dandridge Custis (1731-1802), a wealthy widow with two children.
-Washington became a devoted stepfather to the children; he and Martha never had any offspring of their own.

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-He learned the morals, manners, & body of knowledge requisites for an 18th-century Virginia gentleman.
-Presumed two intertwined interests: military art &  western expansion.
-His dad passed away when he was 11, & had to help his mother manage the plantation.
-At age 16, he helped survey Shenandoah lands for Thomas, Lord Fairfax.
- It’s believed he finished his formal schooling at around age 15.
-In December 1752, Washington, who had no previous military experience, was made a commander of the Virginia militia.
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Born Feb 22, 1732 into a Virginia planter family.