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George Washington


__Born: 1732__

__Died of a throat infection in 1799__

__1st Presdent__ April 30, 1789- March 4, 1797

__Vice President__ John Adams

__1st Commander and Chief of the Continental Army__ June 15, 1775- December 23, 1789

__Rank__ Lieutenant General General of the Armies of the United States

__Commands__ British Army's Virgina Regiment Continental Army United States Army

__Battles__ French and Indian War Battle of Jumonville Glen Battle of Necessity Battle of Monongahela Batlle of Fort Duquense American Revolutionary War Boston campaign New York campaign New Jersey campaign Philadelphia campaign Yorktown campaign

__Awards__ Congressional Gold Medal (Thanks of Congress)

__Career__ George Washington was a farmer before he was appointed first public office, surveyor of newlel created Culpeper County. After his brother passed away, he inherited land and then applied to be a milta for one of the four regions.

__MountVernon__ On January 6, 1759 George married Martha Dandridge Custis. Later they moved in to Mount Vernon and had a good life together raising their two children and being a planter and a political figure. He then was elected to the Virginia povincial legislature, the House of Burgesses in 1758. He started to import luxury things from England and paid for them by exporting tobacco but the tobacco inustry was so expensive that George was in debt. He dug him self out of debt by changing his main crop from tobacco to wheat.

__American Revolution__ After fighting broke out in April 1775, Mr. Washington showed up at the Second Continental Congress in military uniform showing that he was ready for war.


 * ||||||~ The Washington Cabinet ||
 * ~ Office ||~ Name ||~ Term ||
 * [|President] ||~ George Washington || 1789–1797 ||
 * [|Vice President] ||~ [|John Adams] || 1789–1797 ||
 * [|Secretary of State] ||~ [|Thomas Jefferson] || 1790–1793 ||
 * ^  ||~ [|Edmund Randolph] || 1794–1795 ||
 * ^  ||~ [|Timothy Pickering] || 1795–1797 ||
 * [|Secretary of Treasury] ||~ [|Alexander Hamilton] || 1789–1795 ||
 * ^  ||~ [|Oliver Wolcott, Jr.] || 1795–1797 ||
 * [|Secretary of War] ||~ [|Henry Knox] || 1789–1794 ||
 * ^  ||~ [|Timothy Pickering] || 1794–1795 ||
 * ^  ||~ [|James McHenry] || 1796–1797 ||
 * [|Attorney General] ||~ [|Edmund Randolph] || 1789–1794 ||
 * ^  ||~ [|William Bradford] || 1794–1795 ||
 * ^  ||~ [|Charles Lee] || 1795–1797 ||
 * ^  ||~ [|James McHenry] || 1796–1797 ||
 * [|Attorney General] ||~ [|Edmund Randolph] || 1789–1794 ||
 * ^  ||~ [|William Bradford] || 1794–1795 ||
 * ^  ||~ [|Charles Lee] || 1795–1797 ||
 * ^  ||~ [|Charles Lee] || 1795–1797 ||


 * ~ Supreme Court Appointments by President George Washington ||
 * Position || Name || Term ||
 * [|Chief Justice] || **[|John Jay]** || 1789–1795 (resigned) ||
 * ^  || **[|John Rutledge]** || 1795–1796 (rejected) ||
 * ^  || **[|William Cushing]** || 1796 (declined) ||
 * ^  || **[|Oliver Ellsworth]** || 1796–1800 (resigned) ||
 * [|Associate Justice] || **[|James Wilson]** || 1789–1798 ||
 * ^  || **[|William Cushing]** || 1789–1810 ||
 * ^  || **[|John Blair]** || 1789–1795 ||
 * ^  || **[|Robert H. Harrison]** || 1789 (declined) ||
 * ^  || **[|John Rutledge]** || 1789–1791 ||
 * ^  || **[|James Iredell]** || 1790–1799 ||
 * ^  || **[|Thomas Johnson]** || 1792–1793 ||
 * ^  || **[|William Paterson]** || 1793–1806 ||
 * ^  || **[|Samuel Chase]** || 1796–1811 ||   ||
 * ^  || **[|William Paterson]** || 1793–1806 ||
 * ^  || **[|Samuel Chase]** || 1796–1811 ||   ||



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