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George Washington never wanted to be president
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- Think from KERA
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- Jul 3, 2026
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- 2773
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Summary
The most reluctant politician we’ve ever had just happens to have been our first president. H.W. Brands is Jack S. Blanton Sr. Chair in History at the University of Texas at Austin, and he joins host Krys Boyd to discuss George Washington who saw himself as a solider and not a politician why he felt it was paramount for a president to defer to Congress, and the grievances he had against the crown before the Revolution. His book is “ American Patriarch: The Life of George Washington .” Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices