Born in 1732, died in 1799; adjutant of Virginia troops in
1751; sent on a mission to the French beyond the Alleghany
River in 1753; defended Fort Necessity in 1754; with
Braddock at his defeat in 1755; led the advance guard to
Fort Duquesne in 1758; Member of the Continental Congress in
1774-75; made Commander-in-chief of the Continental Army in
1775; resigned his commission in 1783; President of the
Constitutional Convention in 1787; elected President of the
United States in 1789; reelected President in 1793;
Commander-in-chief of the Army in 1798.
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