On the weekend of George Washington’s 293rd birthday, if he were still alive today and running for president, would he win the election? We’re posing this question to a person who might have a ...

George Washington's two elections to the presidency were nothing like the process, part-marathon, part-cage fight, we are seeing right now. All Washington had to do to get elected (unanimously ...

George finally found out what the winning side of election night felt like. Washington served seven years in the House of Burgesses, and then … well, you know the rest of the story.

George Washington, by Gilbert Stuart, c. 1803-05, American painting, oil on canvas / Shutterstock The nation's first president could have a big impact on this year's election campaign.

From George Washington to now: ... Harrison won the 1840 election. Brunsman says that Washington's successors "understood that in a democratizing America, ...

"I think it would be hard if George Washington came back from the dead and he chose Abraham Lincoln as his vice-president, I think it would have been very hard for them to beat me," Trump said in ...

The 2023 George Washington Symposium was hosted by George Washington’s Mount Vernon in Virginia. Political strategist Margaret Hoover discussed the importance of free and fair elections in a ...

It's not well known to Americans that George Washington lost his first election — and equally important, he probably deserved to lose it. At the time, the Revolution lay 20 years in the future ...

George Washington: The Reluctant President It seemed as if everyone rejoiced at the election of our first chief executive except the man himself ...

George Washington likely wouldn't win a modern election, says historian Rick Griffin. Griffin highlights Washington's reluctance to run and his principles of duty, honor, and faith.