George Washington

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In office April 30, 1789 – March 4, 1797
Vice President	John Adams

Born	February 22, 1732 Popes Creek, Colony of Virginia, British America

Died	December 14, 1799 Mount Vernon, Virginia

Senior Officer of the United States Army
In office July 13, 1798 – December 14, 1799

Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army
In office June 14, 1775 – December 23, 1783

Delegate to the Continental Congress from Virginia
In office May 10, 1775 – June 15, 1775

Member of the Virginia House of Burgesses
In office May 18, 1761 – May 6, 1776

Political party	Independent

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

American Revolution
Crossing of the Delaware River
Valley Forge
Newburgh Conspiracy
Proclamation of Neutrality
Whiskey Rebellion
Jay Treaty

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