Washington’s Farewell Address

After only two terms in office, the first President of the United States, George Washington declined to run for a third term. His Farewell Address was published on September 19, 1796 in the American Daily Advertiser:   Friends and Fellow Citizens: The period for a new election of a citizen to administer the executive government …

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