Major Events
- April 1, 1789: House of Representatives first achieved a quorum and elected its officers
- April 6, 1789: Senate first achieved a quorum and elected its officers; the Electoral College ballots were counted and George Washington was unanimously elected President of the United States
- April 30, 1789: George Washington was inaugurated at Federal Hall in New York City
- January 8, 1790: President Washington gave the first State of the Union Address
- March 1, 1790: First United States census was authorized
- April 10, 1790: Patent system was established
- April 17, 1790: Benjamin Franklin died
- June 20, 1790: Compromise of 1790: Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and Alexander Hamilton come to an agreement: Madison agrees to not be "strenuous" in opposition for the assumption of state debts by the federal government; Hamilton agrees to support the capital site being above the Potomac River.
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