George Washington

**George Washington**
	president of the United States from 1789 to 1797 Portrait based on the unfinished Athenaeum Portrait, by Gilbert Stuart, 1796 The Arms of George Washington
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Name in native language	George Washington;
Date of birth	22 February 1732; Westmoreland County (Great Britain, Colony of Virginia)
Date of death	14 December 1799; Mount Vernon (Virginia, United States of America)
Manner of death	natural causes;
Cause of death	epiglottitis;
Place of burial	Mount Vernon (Old Tomb, 38°42′24″N 77°5′14″W, 1799–1831); Washington's Tomb (Washington's tomb at Mount Vernon, New Tomb, 38°42′25″N 77°5′19″W, 1831–);
Work period (start)	1752;
Country of citizenship	Great Britain (United States Declaration of Independence, 1732–1776); United States of America (1776–);
Residence	Philadelphia; Westmoreland County; New York City; Mount Vernon;
Occupation	politician; military officer; farmer; cartographer; land surveyor; engineer; statesman; revolutionary; writer; army officer;
Member of	Freemasonry; American Philosophical Society; American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Société d'agriculture de Paris; Society of the Cincinnati;
Member of political party	independent politician;
Position held	President of the United States (1789–1797); Commanding General of the United States Army (1798–1799); Commanding General of the United States Army (1775–1788); chairperson (Society of the Cincinnati, 1783–1799); President-elect of the United States (1789–1789); member of the Virginia House of Burgesses (1758–1776);
Native language	English;
Family	Washington family;
Father	Augustine Washington;
Mother	Mary Ball Washington;
Sibling	Betty Washington Lewis (younger sister); Samuel Washington (younger brother); John Augustine Washington (younger brother); Charles Washington (younger brother); Mildred Washington (younger sister); Butler Washington (paternal half-brother, elder brother); Lawrence Washington (paternal half-brother, elder brother); Augustine Washington Jr. (paternal half-brother, elder brother); Jane Washington (paternal half-sister, elder sister);
Spouse	Martha Washington (1759–1799);
Relative	Martha Parke Custis (stepdaughter); John Parke Custis (stepson); George Washington Parke Custis (adopted son);
Present in work	Civilization V;
Award received	Thanks of Congress; Congressional Gold Medal (1776); Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences;
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George Washington was the first president of the United States.

portrait[edit]

By Charles Willson Peale, 1772
By Charles Willson Peale, 1776
By John Trumbull, 1780
By John Trumbull, 1790
By John Trumbull, 1792
By Gilbert Stuart, 1797
By Adolph Ulrik Wertmüller
1795-96
By G. Perovani, 1796 (R.A.B.A.S.F., Madrid, Spain)
By Gilbert Stuart, 1797
By Gilbert Stuart, 1797
By Rembrandt Peale, c. 1846

On currency[edit]

On coins[edit]

On the Quarter Coin in 2004.
on a 2007 U.S. Dollar coin.

On dollar bills[edit]

on a dollar bill
on a $20 bill in 1905.
on the first dollar bill in 1917.
on a dollar bill in 1928.
on a dollar bill in 1935.
on a dollar bill in both obverse and reverse in 1957.

He was also on 3 cent note and 10 cent note.

On postage stamps[edit]

on the first postal issue of the US
on 1855 issue
on 1857 issue
on 1870 issue
on 1899 stamped envelope overprinted for Cuba

Memorial[edit]

on Mount Rushmore.
Sideview of Washington on Mount Rushmore.

Statues and tomb[edit]

statue by Horatio Greenough (1840) in Washington, D.C.
Horatio Greenough statue of George Washington photo by Frances Benjamin Johnston
statue in Paris, France
statue of Washington at Federal Hall on Wall Street in Manhattan
Statue in Waterford, Pennsylvania
George W. & Laura Bush visit Washington's Tomb
Washington's Tomb at Mount Vernon, Virginia
the Washington Memorial at West Point
Statue de G. Washington par J.B. Houdon, Musée franco-américain de Blérancourt, France.