George Washington (February 22, 1732 – December 14, 1799) was an American political leader, military general, statesman, and Founding Father who served as the first President of the United States from 1789 to 1797. Previously, he led Patriot forces to victory in the nation's War for Independence. He presided at the Constitutional Convention of 1787, which established the U.S. Constitution and a federal government. Washington has been called the "Father of His Country" for his manifold leadership in the formative days of the new nation.
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Military offices
New creation
Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army 1775–1783
Succeeded by Henry Knox as Senior Officer of the Army
1. George Washington • 2. John Adams • 3. Thomas Jefferson • 4. James Madison • 5. James Monroe • 6. John Quincy Adams • 7. Andrew Jackson • 8. Martin Van Buren • 9. William Henry Harrison • 10. John Tyler • 11. James K. Polk • 12. Zachary Taylor • 13. Millard Fillmore • 14. Franklin Pierce • 15. James Buchanan • 16. Abraham Lincoln • 17. Andrew Johnson • 18. Ulysses S. Grant • 19. Rutherford B. Hayes • 20. James A. Garfield • 21. Chester A. Arthur • 22. & 24. Grover Cleveland • 23. Benjamin Harrison • 25. William McKinley • 26. Theodore Roosevelt • 27. William Howard Taft • 28. Woodrow Wilson • 39. Warren G. Harding • 30. Calvin Coolidge • 31. Herbert Hoover • 32. Franklin D. Roosevelt • 33. Harry S. Truman • 34. Dwight D. Eisenhower • 35. John F. Kennedy • 36. Lyndon B. Johnson • 37. Richard Nixon • 38. Gerald Ford • 39. Jimmy Carter • 40. Ronald Reagan • 41. George H. W. Bush • 42. Bill Clinton • 43. George W. Bush • 44. Barack Obama • 45. Donald Trump • 46. Joe Biden
