* 1799 – Four thousand people attend George Washington's funeral where Henry Lee declares him as " first in war, first in peace and first in the hearts of his countrymen.

Adams first won national recognition when he published a series of widely read articles supporting Washington's decision to keep America out of the growing hostilities surrounding the French Revolution.

Virginia delegates believed that Washington's election as the first president was an implicit condition for their acceptance of the new constitution and the new government.

Responsible for recruiting and arming soldiers, Hanson proved to be an excellent organizer, and Frederick County sent the first southern troops to join George Washington's army.

The primary storyline surrounding Super Bowl XXII was that Washington's Doug Williams was the first African-American quarterback ever to start in a NFL league championship game, let alone a Super Bowl.

He was commissioned as a major, then became George Washington's aide-de-camp and, on August 14, 1775 Washington appointed him to become the army's first Quartermaster General under order of Congress.

There are no contemporaneous sources for this fact, and no eyewitness sources to Washington's first inaugural mention the phrase at all — including those that transcribed what he said for his oath.

The party was formed by Alexander Hamilton, who, during George Washington's first term, built a network of supporters, largely urban bankers and businessmen, to support his fiscal policies.

Although it was not completed until some years after the presidency of George Washington, it is also speculated that the name of the traditional residence of the President of the United States may have derived from Martha Custis Washington's home, White House Plantation in Virginia, where the nation's first President had courted the First Lady in the mid-18th century.

George Washington's handwritten notes for the first State of the Union Address, January 8, 1790.: File: Washington-State of the Union. djvu | Full 7 pages.

In an interview with the Chicago Sun-Times, Smith said that she never pressed Washington for marriage because she knew Washington's first love was politics, saying, " He was a political animal.

Jimenez and his Young Lords were the first Latinos to hold a rally in 1982 for Harold Washington's 1983 mayoral bid.

Washington's first term in office was characterized by ugly, racially polarized battles dubbed " Council Wars ", referring to the then-recent Star Wars films.

The first Registered National Historic Landmark ( 1850 ) is Washington's Headquarters in Newburgh, NY

The Muscogee were the first Native Americans to be " civilized " under George Washington's civilization plan.

The Muscogee would be the first Native Americans to be " civilized " under Washington's six-point plan.

From the grand opening and barbecue, Washington's Birthday 1911, Van Nuys was sold as " The Town That Started Right ," plotted with set-asides for a high school and commitments to build important buildings " first ," including the Bank of Van Nuys, changed but still standing on the southwest corner of Van Nuys Blvd.

Colonel Richard Gridley became General George Washington's first chief engineer ; however, it was not until 1779 that Congress created a separate Corps of Engineers.

Many claim that the first wave originated in Seattle at the University of Washington's Husky Stadium on October 31, 1981, at the prompting of Dave Hunter ( Husky band trumpet player ) and Robb Weller ( later Entertainment Tonight co-host, and then a television producer ).

Trumbull's children were also influential in the war effort: Joseph Trumbull was a colonel in the Continental Army, Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. was secretary to George Washington, and John Trumbull served first as a soldier and then as Washington's personal aide during the war.

The city's first motorized streetcars began service in 1888 and generated growth in areas of the District beyond the City of Washington's original boundaries.

During the American Revolutionary War, Robert Erskine managed ironmaking operations from Ringwood, and became George Washington's first geographer and Surveyor-General, producing maps for the Continental Army.

The balance of Washington's second term was served by 6th ward Alderman Eugene Sawyer.

During Washington's short second term, the Eddies fell from power: Vrdolyak became a Republican, Kelly was removed from his powerful parks post, and Burke lost his power as finance chair.

Historians point to George Washington's decision not to seek a third term as evidence that the founders saw a two-term limit as a bulwark against a monarchy, although his Farewell Address suggests that he was not seeking re-election because of his age.

Martha Washington was upset when her lady's maid Oney Judge, a " dower " slave, escaped in 1796 from the Philadelphia household during Washington's second term.

By 1789, the new Constitution of the United States authorized Congress to create a navy, but during George Washington's first term ( 1787 – 1793 ) little was done to rearm the navy.

In July 2003, after Gary Locke announced he would not seek a third term as Washington's governor, Inslee briefly flirted with a gubernatorial bid before deciding to remain in Congress.

During Spellman's four-year term of office, Washington's economy suffered a serious recession marked by rising unemployment and disappointing tax revenues.

After the end of his second term as Lieutenant Governor, Pritchard went into retirement and became a board member of TVW, Washington's public affairs network.

Washington's second term began more smoothly ( he died in November 1987 ), and Vrdolyak's political clout waned.

In 1989, Vrdolyak again ran for mayor, in a special election for the last half of Washington's term ; he won the Republican primary as a write-in candidate.

The French Revolution, which had fallen into a Reign of Terror during Washington's second term, may have helped shape Washington's opinion that while armed rebellions may sometimes result in good, they most often lead to the fall of free governments.

Lee voted for Washington's second term as a Federalist presidential elector.

For instance, the Safe Schools Coalition of Washington's Glossary for School Employees advises that gay is the " preferred synonym for homosexual ", and goes on to advise avoiding the term homosexual as it is " clinical, distancing and archaic ":

During his inaugural term, he created Washington's Law Enforcement Group against Identity Theft ( LEGIT ), and was subsequently named as one of Security Magazines 25 most influential people in security.

Pro-Administration " Party " is a term by historians to describe the supporters of the policies of George Washington's administration — especially Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton's financial policies — prior to the formation of the Federalist and Democratic-Republican Parties.

When America's first political parties developed during the first term of George Washington's presidency the North supported the Federalists, believing in a centralized government, while the South stood behind Thomas Jefferson and his interpretation of the 10th Amendment.

The U. S. House election, 1794 was an election for the United States House of Representatives to the Fourth United States Congress during President George Washington's second term.

The U. S. House election, 1790 was an election for the United States House of Representatives in 1790 which occurred in the middle of President George Washington's first term.

William Cushing, an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, administered Washington's second oath of office in 1793.

The production received universally terrible reviews, but was a sell-out because of Washington's popularity at the box office.

Washington's voters are not registered by party affiliation and a voter could participate in selecting candidates for more than one party, although the voter could only choose one candidate ( of whatever party ) for each office.

Cushing administered the oath of office at Washington's second inauguration as president.

The first stamp showing Federal Hall was issued on April 30, 1939, the 150th anniversary of President Washington's inauguration, where he is depicted on the balcony of Federal Hall taking the oath of office.

Chinese immigrants began to move into the area in the 1930s, having been displaced from Washington's original Chinatown along Pennsylvania Avenue by the development of the Federal Triangle government office complex.

When he sent his first budget to Congress in late 1967, Representative John L. McMillan, chair of the House Committee on the District of Columbia, responded by having a truckload of watermelons delivered to Washington's office.

As Washington's 17th Attorney General, McKenna manages the largest public law office in the state with approximately 1, 150 employees and offices in 13 cities statewide: Bellingham, Port Angeles, Everett, Seattle, Tacoma, Olympia, Wenatchee, Spokane, Yakima, Kennewick, Vancouver, Tumwater, and Pullman.

The area includes a post office with its own ZIP code ( 08560 ), a small village of homes, and a large park dedicated to George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River in 1776.

Among these were the Bible which Washington used when initiated into Fredericksburg Lodge No. 4 in 1752 ; the trowel and gavel Washington used while laying the cornerstone of the U. S. Capitol building ; the Bible on which Washington took the presidential oath of office ; and a silver urn made by Paul Revere which contained a lock of Washington's hair.

Longfellow often wrote in his first-floor study, formerly Washington's office, surrounded by portraits of his friends, including charcoal portraits by Eastman Johnson of Charles Sumner, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Cornelius Conway Felton.