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Hello, and thank you for joining the American Revolution.

This week, episode 379, the election of 1792.

The 1792 was an election year.

This would be the third election for the new federal government under the Constitution, and only the second time that they would select a president. The first question

for everyone was whether George Washington would run for re-election. Washington's reluctance to

serve at all was genuine. Before the Constitutional Convention, Washington considered himself retired. The only

reason he ran for president at all was because so many leaders begged him to serve, believing

the union would fall apart without him as a uniting figure. By spring of 1792, Washington

figured he had gotten the new government off to a good start

and could finally return to retirement.

He asked James Madison to draft his farewell address.

Even a few months earlier, Washington had confided in Thomas Jefferson that he planned to retire.

At that point, Jefferson didn't discourage the idea, but told the president that he also planned to retire. At that point, Jefferson didn't discourage the idea,

but told the president that he also planned to retire. A few months later, though,

concerns over secession and other conflicts changed Jefferson's view. He began to argue that

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