Alexis Coe - You Never Forget Your First: A Biography of George Washington

JOBS

Surveyor

Virginia militia colonel (British Army)

Member of the Virginia House of Burgesses

Gentleman farmer

Commander in chief of the Continental Army

President of the Constitutional Convention

First president of the United States

Land developer

TITLES

Master

His Excellency

General

Mr. President

GREATEST HITS

Raised, trained, and led a militia against the greatest superpower in the world

Refused payment for leading the army

Gave up power after winning the American Revolution

First president, and set precedents by adding hallmarks that werent in the Constitution, like a cabinet and term limits

Declined to run for a third term

Paved a road to freedom for his slaves in his will

PETTIEST ACTS

Took two impoverished girls to court for stealing from his clothes while he swam

Named a dog Cornwallis after the British general he defeated in the Revolutionary War

RELIGION

Warm Deist

Believed in an afterlife

Christian (liberal Anglican/Episcopalian)

Attended services of many denominations

Supported freedom of conscience, including for non-Christians

Corresponded with leaders and practitioners of various denominations, from Jews to Quakers

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