Another List of US Presidents

Hello, and welcome to yet another attempt at some casual alternate history. As I'm sure you've already guessed, this thread's aim will be to create a list of alternate US Presidents. The rules are as follows: 1.) We'll go one election at a time, 2.) Try to post a brief description of what happened under that President's term, 3.) Wait at least two posts before going again, 4.) Don't skip into the future.

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1788: George Washington (Independent): As the first President of these United States of America and dominant military and political leader of the United States from 1775 until his death, Washington is revered more than perhaps any of the Founding Fathers. He is also the only President to have been unanimously elected. Unfortunately, his term was abruptly cut short. Scant thirteen months into his term, Washington was struck down by a severe case of influenza. The outpouring of grief would be immense, prompting even the US's harshest enemy, the United Kingdom, to send its condolences.
His Vice President, John Adams, would serve out the remainder of Washington's term as Acting President under a cloud of political uncertainty. Adam's term as Acting President would be further tainted by the bloody Whiskey Insurrection in 1791. Historians and political theorists have frequently looked back to the short Washington Presidency to wonder what could have been....
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