Today we celebrate the 289th birthday of President George Washington. Washington's title became debate fodder in Congress, with Vice President John Adams and the Senate backing "His Mightiness" and "His Highness, the President of the United States of America and the Protector of their Liberties." However, Washington simply went by the House-backed option of "The President of the United States." Learn more at https://archives.magazine.gwu.edu/path-mr-president.
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