George Washington

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President of the United States head of state human military leader politician

George Washington was the first president of the United States and a key leader of the American Revolutionary War, often referred to as the "Father of His Country."

Aliases (9)

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	President of the United States → head of state → human → military leader → politician →
allegiance	Continental Army → United States of America →
burialPlace	Mount Vernon →
causeOfDeath	throat infection →
conflict	American Revolutionary War → French and Indian War →
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of Great Britain → United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1732-02-22 →
dateOfDeath	1799-12-14 →
familyName	Washington →
givenName	George →
heritage	Virginian planter class →
knownFor	first President of the United States → leadership in the American Revolutionary War → presiding over the Constitutional Convention →
languageSpoken	English →
mannerOfDeath	natural causes →
marriageStart	1759-01-06 →
memberOf	Continental Congress →
militaryRank	General and Commander-in-Chief → General of the Armies (posthumous) →
nickname	Father of His Country →
notableWork	Farewell Address →
occupation	planter → soldier → statesman → surveyor →
officeEnd	1797-03-04 →
officeStart	1789-04-30 →
ordinalInOffice	1 →
owned	enslaved people →
placeOfBirth	British America → Westmoreland County, Virginia →
placeOfDeath	Mount Vernon, Virginia →
positionHeld	Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army → President of the Constitutional Convention → President of the United States → Senior Officer of the United States Army →
predecessor	office established →
religion	Anglicanism → Episcopal Church →
residence	Mount Vernon →
sexOrGender	male →
spouse	Martha Washington →
successor	John Adams →
vicePresident	John Adams →

Referenced by (254)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
GWB → George Washington Bridge → George Washington Goethals → George Washington Masonic National Memorial → George Washington Memorial Parkway → George Washington University → George the Colonial → Georges Washington de Lafayette → Georgetown, Kentucky → U.S. Route 206 ("General George Washington (on some segments, e.g., "George Washington Memorial Highway")") → Washington → Washington (state) → Washington College → Washington County (District of Columbia) → Washington County, Florida → Washington County, Iowa → Washington County, Maryland → Washington County, New York → Washington County, Oregon → Washington County, Pennsylvania → Washington County, Vermont → Washington Institute → Washington Monument → Washington Monument (Baltimore, Maryland) → Washington Park (Albany) → Washington Park (Albany, New York) → Washington Park (Chicago) → Washington Park, Chicago → Washington Square (Philadelphia) → Washington Square (San Francisco) → Washington Square Park → Washington Street (San Francisco) → Washington and Lee University → Washington metropolitan area → Washington's Headquarters State Historic Site → Washington, D.C. → Washington, D.C. → Washington, North Carolina →	namedAfter
American Revolutionary War → Battle of Assunpink Creek → Battle of Brandywine → Battle of Fort Washington → Battle of Germantown → Battle of Harlem Heights → Battle of Long Island → Battle of Monmouth → Battle of Princeton → Battle of Stony Point → Battle of Trenton → Battle of White Plains → Battles of Trenton and Princeton → Boston campaign → British occupation of Philadelphia → Monmouth campaign → New Jersey campaign of 1778 → New York and New Jersey campaign → Siege of Boston → Siege of Yorktown → Storming of Redoubt 9 →	commander
Alexander Hamilton → Arthur St. Clair → Commodore John Barry → Edmund Randolph → Henry Knox → James Iredell Sr. → James McHenry → James Wilson → John Barry → John Rutledge → John Sullivan → Oliver Ellsworth → Oliver Wolcott Jr. → Samuel Osgood →	appointedBy
Battle of Germantown → Ford Mansion → Fort Nonsense → Great Falls Park → Hamilton’s light infantry battalion → Independence Hall ("Founding Fathers of the United States") → Longfellow House–Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site → Prospect Hill, Charlestown, Massachusetts →	associatedWith
Alexander McDougall → Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben → Henry Knox → Hugh Mercer → James McHenry → Marinus Willett → Nathanael Greene → Pierre Charles L’Enfant →	servedUnder
Donald W. Reynolds Museum and Education Center → George Washington Masonic National Memorial → George Washington statue (Cambridge Common) → Monument to Lafayette and Washington in Paris → Statue of General George Washington (Paris, Place d'Iéna) → Washington Monument → Washington Monument (Baltimore, Maryland) →	dedicatedTo
George Washington statue (Cambridge Common) → Monument to Lafayette and Washington in Paris → Statue of General George Washington (Paris, Place d'Iéna) → Washington Crossing the Delaware → Washington Crossing the Delaware (Leutze) → Washington Crossing the Delaware (painting) →	depicts
Battle of White Plains → Continental Army → Fort Necessity National Battlefield → Princeton Battlefield State Park → Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War →	notableCommander
Coinage Act of 1792 → Funding Act of 1790 → Judiciary Act of 1789 → Residence Act → Treasury Act of 1789 →	signedBy
Ford Mansion → Morristown encampments → Valley Forge winter encampment → Yorktown →	commandedBy
Jay Treaty → L’Enfant Plan for Washington, D.C. → establishment of the First Bank of the United States →	approvedBy
Harmar's Campaign, 1790 ("President George Washington") → Portland Head Light → United States federal armory at Harpers Ferry ("President George Washington") →	authorizedBy
L’Enfant Plan for Washington, D.C. → Pierre Charles L’Enfant → Pierre Charles L’Enfant →	commissionedBy
Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army → Commanding General of the United States Army → President of the United States →	firstHolder
Assumption Act implementation → Valley Forge winter encampment → court-martial of General Charles Lee →	hasParticipant
Framers of the United States Constitution → House of Burgesses → Patriots →	notableMember
Compromise of 1790 → Morristown National Historical Park → Washington's Headquarters State Historic Site →	significantPerson
Brattle Street → Cambridge Common →	associatedWithPerson
Continental Army → court-martial of General Charles Lee →	commanderInChief
Assassin's Creed III → Hamilton →	featuresCharacter
Father of His Country → Washington →	hasNotableBearer
American Philosophical Society → Society of the Cincinnati →	hasNotableMember
Equestrian Statue of George Washington (Boston) → The Life of George Washington →	mainSubject
Edmund Randolph → William Paterson →	nominatedBy
Federalists → Patriot (American Revolution) →	notableLeader
John Parke Custis → Robert E. Lee ("George Washington (through his wife’s Custis lineage)") →	notableRelative
Charles Lee → Johann Rall →	opponent
First Bank of the United States → establishment of the First Bank of the United States →	signedIntoLawBy
British Army under Cornwallis → Charles Cornwallis →	surrenderedTo
Christ Church (Alexandria) → Longfellow House–Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site →	usedBy
Alexander Hamilton →	aideDeCampTo
Fort Nonsense →	allegedlyOrderedBy
Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau →	alliedWith
George Washington Bridge →	alsoKnownAs
Father of His Country →	appliedTo
Farewell Address →	author
Westmoreland County, Virginia →	birthplaceOf
Portland Head Light →	builtDuringPresidencyOf
Marquis de Lafayette →	closeAllyOf
Lafayette →	closeAssociateOf
James Hoban →	collaboratedWith
Battle of Trenton ("George Washington – Continental Army") →	commanderFor
Whiskey Rebellion →	commanderOpposingForce
Grant County, Washington ("George, Washington") →	contains
court-martial of General Charles Lee →	convenedBy
Washington Crossing the Delaware (Leutze) →	depictsPerson
Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron →	employed
Pierre Charles L’Enfant →	employer
Thanksgiving Day →	firstNationalProclamationBy
Presidency of the United States →	firstOfficeHolder
Grand Union Flag →	firstRaisedBy
Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association →	focusesOn
Marquis de Lafayette →	friendOf
George Washington Glover →	givenNames
Mount Vernon, Virginia →	hasBurial
Washington’s Ten Crucial Days →	hasCommander
Little Turtle's War →	hasCommanderForSide
Washington College →	hasHistoricalAssociationWith
American Revolutionary era →	hasKeyFigure
Northern theater of the American Revolutionary War →	hasNotableCommander
Washington administration →	headOfGovernment
Whiskey Rebellion →	headOfGovernmentDuringEvent
Whiskey Rebellion →	headOfStateDuringEvent
Morristown encampments →	headquartersOf
Episcopal Church →	historicallyInfluentialMembers
Virginia →	homeOfPresident
Trenton Battle Monument →	honors
Hamiltonian economic program ("George Washington administration") →	implementedBy
Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben →	influenced
Congress Hall →	inUseDuringPresidency
Braddock Expedition →	involvedPerson
Turn: Washington's Spies →	mainCharacter
First United States Congress →	meetsDuringPresidencyOf
Second Continental Congress →	member
Farewell Address →	mentionedPerson
Lafayette →	mentor
Francisco de Miranda →	metWith
Battle of Princeton →	notableCommanderAmerican
Siege of Boston →	notableCommanderOnAmericanSide
First Continental Congress →	notableDelegate
Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army →	notableHolder
Christ Church (Alexandria) →	notableParishioner
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway →	notablePassengerTrain
Colony and Dominion of Virginia →	notablePerson
Of Thee I Sing: A Letter to My Daughters →	notablePersonFeatured
Longfellow House–Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site →	notableResident
Durham boat →	notablyUsedBy
Purple Heart ("profile of George Washington") →	obverseDesign
Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army →	officeHolder
Adjutant General of the Continental Army →	officeHolderServedUnder
Battle of White Plains →	opposingCommander
Whiskey Rebellion →	pardonGrantedBy
Whiskey Rebellion →	participant
President's House (original design) →	patron
Battle of Stony Point →	plannedBy
John Adams (miniseries) →	portrays
Constitutional Convention →	president
Residence Act →	presidentInOffice
Jay Treaty →	presidentOfUnitedStatesAtTime
Framers of the United States Constitution →	presidingOfficer
American South (colonial and early national periods) →	producedLeader
Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army →	reappointedHolder
Washington College →	receivedEndorsementFrom
Father of His Country →	refersTo
Purple Heart →	relatedTo
Newburgh Letters →	relatedToPerson
Frances Jones Dandridge →	relative
Longfellow House–Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site →	servedAsResidenceOf
Valley Forge National Historical Park →	significantCommander
Mount Vernon, Virginia →	significantPlaceFor
remains of Patowmack Canal →	significantProjectOf
Martha Washington →	spouse
John Parke Custis →	stepchildOf
John Parke Custis →	stepfather
George Washington Parke Custis →	stepGrandparent
Statue of General George Washington (Paris, Place d'Iéna) ("George Washington as general") →	subjectHasRole
François Joseph Paul de Grasse →	supported
Father of His Country →	titleHolder
Federal Hall National Memorial →	topic
establishment of the First Bank of the United States ("George Washington administration") →	underGovernmentOf
Congress Hall →	witnessedPresidencyOf