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« on: March 19, 2012, 05:53:38 AM » |
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Prime Ministers of the United States
1789: George Washington (Independent) [1]
1793: George Washington (Independent)
1797: Thomas Jefferson (Republican) [2]
1801: Oliver Ellsworth (Federalist)
1802: John Drayton (Republican)[3][/b]
[1] George Washington is selected by the House of Delegates as the first Prime Minister unanimously.
[2] Thomas Jefferson and the Republicans win the 1797 general election, after Washington announces his retirement. 1797 marks the first general election in which political parties competed, compared to the previous non partisan system.
[3] The election of 1801 had resulted in a hung Parliament, where several Members who did not clearly belong to either party held the balance of power. Although the Republicans held more seats, a leadership dispute between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr resulted in Federalist Oliver Ellsworth becoming PM, but Ellsworth called for a new election within several months, which was won clearly by the leaderless Republicans. Organizing the first-ever political convention, the Republicans chose a dark-horse candidate - freshman member and former Governor John Drayton of South Carolina - for their leader. Drayton was duly elected PM.
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