George Washington [1st]
(April 30, 1789 to March 3, 1797)
Nickname: "Father of the Country"
Born: February 22, 1732, in Westmoreland County, Virginia
Died: December 14, 1799, at Mount Vernon, Virginia
Buried: Mount Vernon, Virginia
Father: Augustine Washington
Mother: Mary Ball Washington
Married: Martha Dandridge Custis (1732-1802),
on January 6, 1759
Children:
- John "Jack" Parke Custis (adopted)
- Martha "Patsy" Custis (adopted)
Religion: Episcopalian
Education: No formal education
Occupation: Planter, Soldier
Military: Lt. General; Commander-in-Chief of Continental Army during Revolutionary War.
Posthumously named by Congress as six-star General of the Armies in 1976.
Political Party: None, but generally thought of as Federalist
Other Government Positions:
- Member of Virginia House of Burgesses, 1759-74
- Member of Continental Congress, 1774-75
- Chairman of the Constitutional Convention, May-September, 1787
SUMMARY:
George Washington, 1st president of the United States, was known as "Father of the Country" and lived at Mount Vernon, Virginia. He married widow Martha Dandridge Custis. He was Commander in Chief of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. He was president of the 1787 Constitutional Convention and a member of the Continental Congress. Congress posthumously changed his military rank to General of the Armies (six-star general) in 1976.
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