George Washington, the subject of my last book, left office after two terms because, in part, he believed that America should never be dependent on one man; there would be no king, religious ...

From George Washington to now: ... In fact, there seemed to be a better idea of what it shouldn't be — i.e., nonthreatening, absolutely not a king, a man of the people, ...

In 2014, when my book, For Fear of an Elective King: George Washington and Presidential Title Controversy of 1789, was published, the term “elective king” when referring to the president did ...

In 1787, General George Washington presided over the Constitutional ... The framers, still haunted by the specter of King George III, could scarcely have envisioned how their carefully ...