There were no elective offices before George Washington because there was no United States.
Or did you forget that?
And everybody in the entire country knew who George Washington was.
I have never heard of this guy, whoever he is.
9 posted on 09/12/2014 2:24:58 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
("The man who damns money obtained it dishonorably; the man who respects it earned it." --Ayn Rand)