3704158 The Inauguration of Washington as First President of the United States on April 30th 1789 At the Old City Hall, New York, 1876 (hand-coloured lithograph) by Currier, N. (1813-88) and Ives, J.M. (1824-95); Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA; (add.info.: George Washington (1732-99) was Commander and Chief of the newly formed Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War (1775-83) and one of the Founding Fathers, presiding over the convention that drafted the current US Constitution. He was first president of the USA (1789-97), the oath of office administered by Chancellor Livingston of the States of New York, Mr. Otis the Secretary of the Senate holding the Bible. L to R, Alexander Hamilton (1775-1804), Chancellor Robert R. Livingston (1746-1813) Roger Sherman (1721-93), Samuel Allyne Otis (1740-1814) Secretary of State, Washington, John Adams (1735-1826), Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben (1730-94) and General Henry Knox (1750-1806)); American, out of copyright.