Washington won the presidency by unanimous electoral vote in both 1788 and in 1792. Challenges Upon his inauguration as the first president on April 30, 1789, George Washington assumed office under ...

Love anything enough and it will reveal its secrets to you.” So said George Washington Carver, one of the world’s greatest of scientists, yet most modest of men. Glenn Clark, ...

Ellis (“His Excellency: George Washington”) wrote that his ... When Coe set out to write her 2020 Washington biography, “You ...

George Washington was the son of Augustine Washington (1694-1743) and his second wife, Mary Ball Washington (1708-1789). The Washington family moved to Ferry Farm Plantation in 1738. Located on the ...

That famous description of George Washington by his friend and fellow patriot Henry “Light Horse Harry” Lee is probably still the best summation of the man who, over a hard but resolute ...

Alexis Coe is the New York Times bestselling author of You Never Forget Your First: A Biography of George Washington. While far less famous than the coalition that met in 1775, this group of ...