![]() ![]() On threat of war with France, accepted commission as Lieutenant General and Commander in Chief of U.S. Unanimously Reelected President of the United Statesĭeclined a third term as President and retired after delivering Farewell Address Unanimously Chosen as First President of the United States under the new constitution ![]() Presided at Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Pa. Resigned his Military Commission Before Congress in Annapolis, Maryland Led Continental Army until British evacuated New York Member of First and Second Continental CongressesĬommander of Continental armies during the Revolutionary WarĪdopted two of his step-grandchildren after the death of their father, John Parke Custis Married Martha Dandridge Custis, widow of Daniel Parke Custis Inherited Mount Vernon After the death of his half brother, Lawrence Washington Ĭommissioned District Adjutant by Virginia Governor Robert Dinwiddieįought in French and Indian Wars in Ohio and Pennsylvania Pope’s Creek in Westmoreland County, VirginiaĬounty Surveyor in Culpeper County, Virginia ![]()
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