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Who advocated for the establishment of a national university in the U.S. capital?

  • George Washington

  • Thomas Jefferson

  • John Adams

  • James Madison

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George Washington, the first president of the United States, advocated for the establishment of a national university in the U.S. capital during his first State of the Union address in 1790 and continued to promote this idea throughout his career and until his death in 1799.
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