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The state of Delaware is known as the "First" state because on Dec. 7, 1787, it became the very first state to approve the United States Constitution. Delaware lies along the Atlantic coastline and is ...

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On April 30, 1789, George Washington became the nation’s first president. Under the Constitution, the president is commander in chief of the army and navy. Washington initially saw his role as that of ...

The presidential election of 1788, the first under the newly minted Constitution, was unusual and even unique in ways that ...

Scripps News and Decision Desk HQ project South Dakota will not enshrine abortion protections in its state constitution.

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