George Washington
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Career Highlights
In office April 30, 1789 – March 4, 1797 | |
Vice President | John Adams |
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Born | February 22, 1732 Popes Creek, Colony of Virginia, British America |
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Died | December 14, 1799 Mount Vernon, Virginia |
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Senior Officer of the United States Army | |
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In office July 13, 1798 – December 14, 1799 |
Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army | |
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In office June 14, 1775 – December 23, 1783 |
Delegate to the Continental Congress from Virginia | |
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In office May 10, 1775 – June 15, 1775 |
Member of the Virginia House of Burgesses | |
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In office May 18, 1761 – May 6, 1776 |
Political party | Independent |
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Information of the Life of George Washington
Cabinet Members Under Washington
Secretary of State | Thomas Jefferson, 1789 Edmund Randolph, 1794 Timothy Pickering, 1795 |
Secretary of the Treasury | Alexander Hamilton, 1789 Oliver Wolcott, Jr., 1795 |
Secretary of War | Henry Knox, 1789 Timothy Pickering, 1795 James McHenry, 1796 |
Attorney General | Edmund Randolph, 1789 William Bradford, 1794 Charles Lee, 1795 |
Large Events During Washington’s Career & Lifetime
American Revolution
Crossing of the Delaware River
Valley Forge
Newburgh Conspiracy
Proclamation of Neutrality
Whiskey Rebellion
Jay Treaty
Presidents
- George Washington
- John Adams
- Thomas Jefferson
- James Madison
- James Monroe
- John Quincy Adams
- Andrew Jackson
- Martin Van Buren
- William Henry Harrison
- John Tyler
- James K. Polk
- Zachary Taylor
- Millard Fillmore
- Franklin Pierce
- James Buchanan
- Abraham Lincoln
- Andrew Johnson
- Ulysses S. Grant
- Rutherford B. Hayes
- James Garfield
- Chester Arthur
- Grover Cleveland
- Benjamin Harrison
- William McKinley
- Theodore Roosevelt
- William Howard Taft
- Woodrow Wilson
- Warren G. Harding
- Calvin Coolidge
- Herbert Hoover
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Harry S. Truman
- Dwight Eisenhower
- John F. Kennedy
- Lyndon B. Johnson
- Richard Nixon
- Gerald Ford
- Jimmy Carter
- Ronald Reagan
- George H. W. Bush
- Bill Clinton
- George W. Bush
- Barack Obama
- Donald Trump
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