<P> None (Office created by the U.S. Constitution) </P> <P> George Washington Nonpartisan </P> <P> The United States presidential election of 1788--89 was the first quadrennial presidential election . It was held from Monday, December 15, 1788, to Saturday, January 10, 1789 . It was conducted under the new United States Constitution, which had been ratified earlier in 1788 . In the election, George Washington was unanimously elected for the first of his two terms as president, and John Adams became the first vice president . </P> <P> Under the first federal Constitution ratified in 1781, known as the Articles of Confederation, the United States had no ceremonial head of state and the executive branch of government was part of the Congress, as it is in countries that use parliamentary systems of government . All federal power was reserved to the Congress of the Confederation, whose "President of the United States in Congress Assembled" was also chair of the de facto cabinet, called the Committee of the States . It was not until the United States Constitution was enacted, that government was separated into co-equal legislative, executive, and judicial branches . </P>

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