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Glossary Term – Event

Harding died; Coolidge became president

Upon the sudden death of President Warren G. Harding, Vice President Calvin Coolidge ascended to the presidency.

Glossary Term – Person

Gouverneur Morris

Gouverneur Morris (1752–1816) was a member of the Continental Congress, a signer of the Articles of the Confederation, and a delegate to the Constitutional Convention. As a framer of the Constitution, Morris advocated the creation of an executive branch and an electoral college. After the founding, Morris served as a minister to France and, later, in the Senate.

George Washington to Jonathan Trumbull Jr., July 21, 1799. (Gilder Lehrman Colle

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Washington on a proposed third term and political parties, 1799

By 1798, George Washington had led America to victory in the Revolution, helped...

George Washington to Henry Knox, April 1, 1789. (GLC02437.09419)

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The first inauguration: George Washington and his reluctance to become president, 1789

From 1787 to 1789, as the Constitution was submitted for ratification by the states,...