Home school of American history; embracing the growth and achievements of our country from the earliest days of discovery and settlement to the present eventful year .. . t has been the rule ever since, though it often fallsupon tlie most stormy and unpleas;int day of the whole yenr. Some of theStates were so slow in sending their representatives to New York, that more than 152 ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED STATES. a month passed before a quorum of both houses appeared. When the electoralvote for the President was counted, it was found that every one of the sixty-ninehad been cast for Washington.
Home school of American history; embracing the growth and achievements of our country from the earliest days of discovery and settlement to the present eventful year .. . t has been the rule ever since, though it often fallsupon tlie most stormy and unpleas;int day of the whole yenr. Some of theStates were so slow in sending their representatives to New York, that more than 152 ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED STATES. a month passed before a quorum of both houses appeared. When the electoralvote for the President was counted, it was found that every one of the sixty-ninehad been cast for Washington. The law was that the person receiving the nexthighest number became Vice-President. This vote was: John Adams, of Mas-sacliusetts, o4; John Jay, of New York, 9; R. H. Harrison, of Maryland, 6;John Rutledge, of South Carolina, 6; John Hancock, of Massachusetts, 4;George Clinton, of New York, 3; Samuel Huntington, of Connecticut, 2; JohnMilton, of Georgia, 2; James Armstrong, of Georgia, Benjamin Lincoln, ofMassachusetts, and Edward Telfair, of Georgia, 1 vote each. Vacancies (votesnot cast). John Adams, of Massachusetts, therefore, became the first b^ AN OLD INDIAN FAHM-HOUSE, CHAPTER VIII. ADIVIINISTRATIONS OK WASHINOTOiSr, JOHNADAMS, AND JEKKERSOX—1789-1809. Washington—His Inauguration as First President of the United States—Alexander Hamilton—His Suc-cess at the Head of the Treasury Department—The Obduracy of Khode Island—Establishmentof the United States Bank—Passage of a Tariff Bill—E^itablishment of a Mint—The Plan of aFederal Judiciar}-—Admission of Vermont, Kentucky, and Tennessee—Benjamin Franklin—Troubleswith the Western Indians—Their Defeat by General Wayne—Removal of the National Capital Pro-vided for—The Whiskey Insurrection—The Course of Citizen Genet—Jays Treaty—Ke-electionof Washington—Resignation of Jefferson and Hamilton—Washingtons Farewell Address—Estab-lishment of the United States Military Academy
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