While Washington was the unanimous choice for president, Adams came in second in the electoral college and became Vice President in the presidential election of 1789. He played a minor role in the politics of the early 1790s and was reelected in 1792. Washington never asked Adams for input on policy and legal issues.[32]One of the best known Adams quotes concluded of the institution of the Vice Presidency: This is the most unimportant position human ever made.[33] His main task while in this office was presiding over Senate. Most Vice …