While not in the chain of command, the Vice President is next in line to take command. Although these offices have been held by military veterans from George Washington and Thomas Jefferson (Vice ...

George Washington of Virginia, the commander of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, was elected the first ...

On the afternoon of April 30, 1789, George Washington was sworn ... around 1 p.m. About an hour later, incoming Vice President John Adams led Washington onto a balcony, where he was officially ...