George Washington, 1st president of the United States, was born in Wakefield, Virginia on the 22nd of February in 1732. He died in Mount Vernon, Virginia on the 14th of December in 1799.
Washington was the Commander-in-Chief of the American army in the Revolutionary War for the North American colonies and compelled the British troops to capitulate in the year of 1781.
Washington was elected president as the unanimous choice of the electors in the elections of the of both 1788-1789 and 1792.
Washington had strengthened the new state in his presidential era and was revered to as the 'Father of the American Union'.
Washington D.C. was named after him.
He is succeeded by John Adams, his former vice president.
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