First American President -George Washington

George Washington

NAME	George Washington
BIRTH DETAILS	February 22, 1732 – December 14, 1799
PLACE OF BIRTH	Westmoreland County, Colony of Virginia
SPECIAL	1st President of the United States
IN OFFICE	April 30, 1789 – March 4, 1797
MILITARY SERVICE	militia: 1752–1758, Continental Army: 1775–1783, U. S. Army: 1798–1799
MILITARY RANK	Lieutenant General , General of the Armies

About George Washington

George Washington (February 22, 1732 – December 14, 1799) was the dominant military and political leader of the new United States of America from 1775 to 1797, leading the American victory over Britain in the American Revolutionary War as commander in chief of the Continental Army , 1775–1783, and presiding over the writing of the Constitution in 1787. As the unanimous choice to serve as the first President of the United States (1789–1797).

Presidency (1789–1797)

The Electoral College elected Washington unanimously as the first president in 1789, and again in the 1792 election; he remains the only president to have received 100 percent of the electoral votes At his inauguration, John Adams was elected vice president. Washington took the oath of office as the first President under the Constitution for the United States of America on April 30, 1789, at Federal Hall in New York City.