Even well before his presidency, right after the British surrendered, he had to quash small scale conspiracies to have the army take power. And they would have

Even well before his presidency, right after the British surrendered, he had to quash small scale conspiracies to have the army take power. And they would have easily made him a military leader similar to Cromwell if he wanted. Example: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newburgh_Conspiracy https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newburgh_Conspiracy