>...Perhaps true in general, but George Washington's case was a bit different. He was exhausted by the presidency, ... When people refer to Washington giving u

>...Perhaps true in general, but George Washington's case was a bit different. He was exhausted by the presidency, ... When people refer to Washington giving up power, they are generally referring to him resigning from the army after the revolutionary war was complete. There certainly wasn't a lot of precedent for that.