华盛顿,乔治(乔治·科尔宾·华盛顿的祖父)，弗吉尼亚州代表，美国第一任总统;1732年2月22日出生于弗吉尼亚州威斯特摩兰县波普斯溪附近的韦克菲尔德;在威斯特摩兰县、费尔法克斯县和乔治国王县长大;就读当地学校，从事土地测量工作;1752年被任命为弗吉尼亚州一个军区的副官，军衔为少校;1753年11月，弗吉尼亚副总督丁威迪派他到俄亥俄河谷与法军做生意;1754年被提升为中校，参加了法印战争，1755年成为布拉多克将军的副官;1755年被任命为弗吉尼亚军队的总司令;1758年12月，他辞去职务，1759年回到弗农山管理他的庄园;1760年至1774年担任治安法官，1758年至1774年担任弗吉尼亚众议院议员; delegate to the Williamsburg convention of August 1774; Member of the First and Second Continental Congresses in 1774 and 1775; unanimously chosen June 15, 1775, as commander in chief of all the forces raised or to be raised; commanded the Continental armies throughout the war for independence; resigned his commission December 23, 1783, and returned to private life at Mount Vernon; was delegate to, and president of, the Federal Convention in Philadelphia in 1787; unanimously elected as the first President of the United States, being inaugurated April 30, 1789, in New York City; unanimously reelected in 1792 and served until March 3, 1797, declining a renomination; again appointed as lieutenant general and commander of the United States Army July 3, 1798, and served until his death on December 14, 1799, in Mount Vernon, Va.; interment in the vault at Mount Vernon.
参考书目
约瑟夫·J·埃利斯。
乔治·华盛顿阁下。纽约:Alfred A. Knopf, 2004;华盛顿,乔治。
作品。[约翰·h·罗德哈默尔选]。纽约:美国图书馆，1997。
资料来源:美国国会传记目录，1771年至今
