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What delayed the inauguration of the new government under the U.S. Constitution? Congress lacked a quorum, so it could not finish counting the votes for President. Bad weather kept many members of the new government away. George Washington took a long time to make the journey from Mount Vernon. Congress could not agree where the temporary capital should be.

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Congress lacked a quorum and therefore could not finish counting the Electoral College votes. The new government was supposed to begin March 4, 1789, but because enough members of the 1st Congress hadn’t shown up to do business the counting and certification were delayed; a quorum was reached in early April and George Washington was inaugurated April 30, 1789.