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. Historian John R. Alden indicates that Washington added the words 'so help me God' to the oath prescribed by the constitution. He complained of old age, sickness, the in-fighting plaguing his cabinet, and the increasing hostility of the partisan press. Hamilton's debt assumption plan became law with the passage of the Funding Act of 1790.
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