George Washington (February 22, 1732 – December 14, 1799) was an American Founding Father, military officer, and politician who served as the first President of the United States from 1789 to 1797.
Biography
Military offices
New creation
Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army 1775–1783
Succeeded by Henry Knox as Senior Officer of the Army
Preceded by James Wilkinson
Senior Officer of the Army 1798–1799
Succeeded by Alexander Hamilton
Political offices
New creation
Republic proclaimed
President of the United States 1789–1797
Succeeded by John Adams
Honorary titles
New title
Oldest living President of the United States 1789–1799
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 • 29. 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
