President George Augustine WASHINGTON 1732 - 1799

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• Prefix	President
  Birth	11 Feb 1732	Pope's Creek, Westmoreland Co, VA
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	First President of the United States
  Died	14 Dec 1799	Mount Vernon, Fairfax Co, VA
  Buried	18 Dec 1799	Mount Vernon, Fairfax Co, VA
  Person ID	I9131	William Means Descendants
  Last Modified	16 Oct 2009

  
  

  Father	Capt. Augustine WASHINGTON,   b. 1693/94, Wakefield, Westmoreland Co, VA ,   d. 12 Apr 1743, Ferry Farm, King George Co, VA
  Mother	Mary BALL,   b. 1708/09, Lancaster Co, VA ,   d. 25 Aug 1789, Fredericksburg, VA
  Married	6 Mar 1730/31
  Family ID	F3194	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Martha DANDRIDGE,   b. 2 Jun 1731, New Kent Co, VA ,   d. 22 May 1802, Mount Vernon, Fairfax Co, VA
  Married	6 Jan 1759	New Kent Co, VA
  Last Modified	08 May 2007
  Family ID	F3195	Group Sheet

  
  

• Photos		George Washington engraving
  		George Washington young militia man
  		George Washington
  		George and Martha Washington Wedding depiction
  		Mount Vernon Home of George Washington

  
  

• Notes

  Was elected without opponent by 69 electoral votes. Was in office from 1789 to 1797 (two terms). His vice-president was his successor John Adams. Refused to run for a third term and - thereby - unofficially instituted the 2-term rule for american presidents, the only exception being Franklin Delano Roosevelt