He served two terms, the first term he served was from 1789 to 1793. He was occupied with organizing the executive branch of the new government and to start administrative method that would make it possible for the government to operate with the energy and efficiency he thought were critical to the republic’s future. Washington was commander of the Continental Army and president of the Constitutional Conventions.
Unanimously elected President twice, George Washington played an essential part in shaping the role and function of the President of the United States. Washington is the only president to have never lived in the White House. In New York and Philadelphia, the Washington’s occupied many grand houses. Washington shaped the future role and powers of the U.S. office.
Washington found the need for a group of presidential advisors all with a certain level of “fitness of character” for the position. Washington held is first cabinet gathering on February 25, 1793 with to be the Secretary of Treasury, Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of State, Thomas Jefferson, and Secretary of war, Henry Knox. There are currently sixteen cabinet positions, but George Washington’s indigenous cabinet only had four members. George Washington wanted to establish credibility and balance and in order to do such that, he chose a cabinet that carried member from different regions in the country. Washington’s cabinet lasted …show more content…
Minutes later, the Senate approved the appointment of Alexander Hamilton unanimously as the Secretary of the Treasury. When George Washington first became president of the United States, he elected Alexander Hamilton to be his first ever, Secretary of Treasury. At this time, the nation was facing a great foreign and domestic debt due to expenses during the American Revolution. Hamilton was part of the presidential cabinet from September 11, 1789 to January 31, 1795. Hamilton's financial pillars took away debt from the state. Hamilton had to take on a burden of all the states debt left unpaid after the Revolutionary war. Hamilton had to pay off new domestic through private investors/ excise