Trivia: What political party did George Washington originally belong to?
Democrat
Republican
None
Whig
The correct answer is None
So why is this answer correct? : George Washington represented no political party at the time of his election. He is the only U.S. President to have been voted into the position based on the merit of his leadership alone and not on any political platform that he represented. It was only when Washington was in office that parties began forming, dividing the country into groups who saw a different vision for America’s future; Washington eventually became affiliated with the Federalists.