Who was the third president? Also who was the third governor in W.A. DC?
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The third United States president was Thomas Jefferson. The third mayor [not governor] of the District of Columbia was  Sharon Pratt Kelly, the successor to Marion Barry.
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John Adams, Thomas Jefferson
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Er... I'm honestly not quite sure what you're going for here.\n\nThe first person who comes to mind as fitting your description is George Washington, who was invited to become king of America and refused in favor of a democratic system.  He also volunteered to leave after two terms as President, setting a precedent that was upheld until FDR's administration and was later ratified as a Constitutional amendment.
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My name is Hugh G. Reckshun and I was actually the first president of the US. Those that tell you is was George Washington are all part of a matrix-style conspiracy here only to control you and your mind. Do not believe them.
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George Washington.  Got to love those wooden teeth.  \n\n\nCome on what kind of question is this.  The only half way decent not old president was JFK
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Born in Westmoreland County, Va., on Feb. 22, 1732, George Washington was the eldest son of Augustine Washington and his second wife, Mary Ball Washington, who were prosperous Virginia gentry of English descent.
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1. Martin.\n2. Luther.\n3. King.
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Not George Washington!  He also wasn't the 2nd, 3rd, 4rth...\n\nIn 1781 Maryland signed the Articles of Confederation, creating the 13 state union.  John Hanson, who signed for Maryland, was immediately elected president of the assembly (chosen unanimously by Congress).  Hansons formal title was "President of the United States in Congress Assembled".\n\nGeorge Washington even addressed Hanson as "President of the United States".  After Washington became president Hanson sent him a letter of congratulation.  Washington replied, addressing the letter to the "President of the United States."\n\nMaybe y'all should know a bit more history before blasting off rude comments, eh?\n\nGreat question!
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well.. the first USA president was george washington.
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The first President of the United States of America was George Washington, President from 1789 to 1797
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I was a tradition since George Washington only served two terms and refused to run for a third.  Franklin Delano Rosevelt, however, was elected to four terms but died before completing his fourth.  This led people to adopt the 22nd amendment.
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Thomas Jefferson (April 13, 1743 N.S. – July 4, 1826) was the third President of the United States (1801–1809), the principal author of the Declaration of Independence (1776), and an influential founder of the United States. Major events during his presidency include the Louisiana Purchase (1803), the Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804–1806), and the failed Embargo Act of 1807.\n\nA political philosopher who promoted Republicanism, sharp limits on the powers of the federal government, and the separation of church and state, he was the author of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom (1779, 1786). He was the eponym of Jeffersonian democracy and the founder and leader of the Democratic-Republican Party, which dominated the First Party System for over a quarter-century. Jefferson served as the wartime Governor of Virginia (1779–1781), first United States Secretary of State (1789–1793), and second Vice President (1797–1801).\n\nA polymath, Jefferson was an agriculturalist, horticulturist, architect, archaeologist, paleontologist, author, inventor, and the founder of the University of Virginia. President John F. Kennedy welcomed forty-nine Nobel Prize winners to the White House in 1962, saying, "I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent and of human knowledge that has ever been gathered together at the White House -- with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone."
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Back when the Inauguration Day was March 4th, it usually took a month for the Electoral College to get to Washington, and then the news get back out to the States.\nWhy - because of horse and buggy - they didn't have the Internet.\nAnd no airlines!\n\ngreat question\n\nnow here's your bonus for 100 points\n\nWho was the last President to be inaugurated March 4th and also the first to be inaugurated January 20th.\n\n(hint - a 20th century President)\n(hint - he was the only President elected to four terms)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington
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George washington.\nThere would be no America without him.
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George Washington....thanks for the points! :)
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Liberia's third President was Daniel Bashiel Warner from 1864-1868. His main concern was how the indigenous people, particularly the natives in the interior, could be brought into the society and become useful citizens.\n\nWarner also wrote the lyrics to the Liberian national anthem.