Timeline of America's first 44 Presidents, from George Washington and the Founding Fathers to the trauma of Civil War and Reconstruction.

President George Washington was inaugurated as the first president of the United States on this day in history, April 30, 1789, at New York City's Federal Hall.

Part 1 of our animated timeline of America's first 44 Presidents, from George Washington and the Founding Fathers to the trauma of Civil War and Reconstruction.