of the president would be defined. and so washington really created that office. many of the precedents, many of the t down from his example in the office. april of 1789, age 57 when he took the oath, what were h cour representatives, people represent their districts. in the senate they represent the states. and so as president, he is the only elected officer that represents all the people. and s been purchased for some $10 million. i want to show viewers a bit of what it looks like and what president george washington did to learn about the powers of the presidency. george washington is very, very exacting with his books. we see that he takes great care of them. he has them in beautiful glass fronted shelves in his personal library at mt. vernon. often putting a wonderful flourish of his grand signature in the upper right-hand corner of the title page which he does with this volume. he also, especially on very important papers, puts a book plate. this is a book pla
there, the swearing in of george washington. well, good morning, welcome to mount vernon. behind me you see george washington, the first president, being sworn in at federal hall in new york city. this would have been in 1789, in april. how well were the duties and the powers of the office that he was about to step into, how well were they defined at that moment when he was sworn in? they weren t defined at all. the presidency was a brand new institution. there had never been anything like it, certainly in america, and really in the world. it was a new experiment of an elected magistrate who would, at one point, be the head of state like a king, but at the same time also be the sort of chief executioner of the laws, the chief executive in this case, the chief policymaker. it wasn t exactly clear where the powers of the legislature and where the powers of the president would be defined. so washington really created that office. many of the precedents, many of the things
us from mt. vernon s museum and education center to talk about george washington and the presidency. ny the ground of george washington s historic mt. vernon, from the education and museum center, by doug bradburn, the president and ceo of george washington s mt. vernon on this presidents day. first, sir, explain the shoulder there, the swearing in of george washington. you see the first president being sworn in at federal hall in new york city. this would have been in 1789 in april. how well were the duties and the powers of the office that he was about to step into? how well were they defined at that moment when he was sworn in? they weren t defined at all. the presidency was a brand new institution. there had never been anything like it, certainly in america and really in the world. it was a new experiment of an elected magistrate who would, at one point, be the head of state, like a king. but at the same time also be sort of the chief executioner of the laws, the c
this presidents day. first sir explain the significance of the moment that is portrayed over your shoulder there. the swearing in of george washington. good morning, welcome to might vernon. behind you see george washington. the first president being sworn in at federal hall, in new york city. it was 70 89, in april. how well where the duties and power of the office, that he was about to step into, how well were they defined in the moment when he was about to step in. they weren t defined at all. the presidency was a brand-new institution. there had been nothing like it certainly in america, are really in the world, it was a new experiment of elected magistrate who at one point would be the head of state, like a king, but at the same time also sort of be the chief executioner of the laws, the chief executive in this case. the chief policy maker. it wasn t exactly clear where the powers of the legislature and the powers of the president would be defined. so washington really
of the president would be defined. and so washington really created that office. many of the precedents, many of the t down from his example in the office. april of 1789, age 57 when he took the oath, what were h cour representatives, people represent their districts. in the senate they represent the states. and so as president, he is the only elected officer that represents all the people. and s been purchased for some $10 million. i want to show viewers a bit of what it looks like and what president george washington did to learn about the powers of the presidency. george washington is very, very exacting with his books. we see that he takes great care of them. he has them in beautiful glass fronted shelves in his personal library at mt. vernon. often putting a wonderful flourish of his grand signature in the upper right-hand corner of the title page which he does with this volume. he also, especially on very important papers, puts a book plate. this is a book pla