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George Washington

The First President • 1789-1797

George Washington

“Father of his Country”


Biographical Facts

Birth: Westmoreland County, Va., February 22, 1732

Ancestry: English

Father: Augustine Washington
Birth: Westmoreland County, Va., 1694
Death: King George County, Va., April 23, 1743
Occupation: Planter

Mother: Mary Ball Washington
Birth: Lancaster County, Va., 1708
Death: near Fredericksburg, Va., August 25, 1789

Brothers: Samuel Washington (1734-1781); John Augustine Washington (1736-1787); Charles Washington (1738-1799)

Sisters: Elizabeth Washington (1733-1797); Mildred Washington (1739-1740)

Half Brothers: Lawrence Washington (1718-1752); Augustine  Washington, Jr. (1720-1762)

Half Sister: Jane Washington (1722-1735)

Marriage: Kent County, Va., January 6, 1759
Wife: Martha Dandridge Custis
Birth: New Kent County, Va, June 21, 1731
Death: Mount Vernon, Va., May 22, 1802
Children: John Parke Custis; Martha "Patsy" Parke Custis

Religious Affiliation: Episcopalian

Education: Private family tudor

Occupations Before Presidency: Surveyor; Soldier; planter; land broker

Military Service: Virginia militia (1752-1758); Commander in Chief of Continental Army (1775-1783)

Prepresidential Offices: Member of Virginia House of Burgesses; Justice of Fairfax County; delegate to First and Second Continental Congresses; President of Constitutional Convention

Inauguration Age: 57

Occupation After Presidency: Planter

Death: Mount Vernon, Va., December 14, 1799

Place of Burial: Mount Vernon, Va.



 
First Administration

Inauguration: April 30, 1789; Federal Hall, New York City

Vice President: John Adams

Secretary of State: Thomas Jefferson (from March 22, 1790)

Secretary of the Treasury: Alexander Hamilton

Secretary of War: Henry Knox

Attorney General: Edmund Randolph

Postmaster General: Samuel Osgood; Timothy Pickering (from August 19, 1791)

Supreme Court Appointments: John Jay, Chief Justice (1789); John Rutledge (1789); William Cushing (1789); Robert H. Harrison (1789); James Wilson (1789); John Blair (1789); James Iredell (1790); Thomas Johnson (1791)

Congress #1 (March 4, 1789-March 3, 1791):
Senate: 17 Federalists; 9 Anti-Federalists
House: 38 Federalists; 26 Anti-Federalists

Congress #2 (October 24, 1791-March 2, 1793):
Senate: 16 Federalists; 13 Democrat-Republicans
House: 37 Federalists; 33 Democrat-Republicans

States Admitted: Vermont (1791); Kentucky (1792)


Election of 1789
CandidatesElectoral Vote
George Washington69
John Adams34
John Jay9
Nine Others26



 
Second Administration

Inauguration: March 4, 1793; Federal Hall, Philadelphia

Vice President: John Adams

Secretary of State: Thomas Jefferson; Edmund Randolph (from January 2, 1794); Timothy Pickering (from August 20, 1795)

Secretary of the Treasury: Alexander Hamilton; Oliver Wolcott, Jr. (from February 2, 1795)

Secretary of War: Henry Knox; Timothy Pickering (from February 2, 1795); James McHenry (from February 6, 1796)

Attorney General: Edmund Randolph; William Bradford (from January 29, 1794); Charles Lee (from December 10, 1795)

Postmaster General: Timothy Pickering; Joseph Habersham (from February 25, 1795)

Supreme Court Appointments: William Patterson (1793); John Rutledge, Chief Justice (1795); Samuel Chase (1796); Oliver Ellsworth, Chief Justice (1796)

Congress #3 (December 2, 1793-March 2, 1795):
Senate: 17 Federalists; 13 Democrat-Republicans
House: 57 Democrat-Republicans ; 48 Federalists

Congress #4 (December 7, 1795-March 3, 1797):
Senate: 19 Federalists; 13 Democrat-Republicans
House: 54 Federalists; 52 Democrat-Republicans

State Admitted: Tennessee (1796)


Election of 1792
CandidatesElectoral Vote
George Washington132
John Adams77
George Clinton50
Thomas Jefferson4
Alan Burr1



 
 

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