Personal:
• First Lady: Martha Washington, Wife
• Wife's Maiden Name: Martha Dandridge Custis
• Number of Children: 2
• Education Level: No College
• Religion: Episcopalian
• Profession: Military, Surveyor, Planter
• Military Service: General

Personal:
• First Lady: Mary Todd Lincoln, Wife
• Wife's Maiden Name: Mary Todd
• Number of Children: 4
• Education Level: No College
• Religion: No specific denomination
• Profession: Clerk, Military, Lawyer, Store Owner
• Military Service: Captain

Public Service:
• Dates of Presidency: 4/30/1789 - 3/3/1797
• Number of Terms: 2
• Why Presidency Ended: End of 2nd Term
• Party:
• His Vice President(s): John Adams
• Colonial Government: House of Burgesses (1758-1774), Continental Congress (1774-1775)
• Other Offices: President of Constitutional Convention

Public Service:
• Dates of Presidency: 3/4/1861 - 4/15/1865
• Number of Terms: 2
• Why Presidency Ended: Assassination
• Party: Republican
• His Vice President(s): Hannibal Hamlin, Andrew Johnson
• House of Representatives: Illinois (1847-1849)
• State Legislative Service: IL (1834-1842)
• Other Offices: Postmaster of New Salem, Illinois

• George Washington was the only president to be elected unanimously.
• He was the only president inaugurated in two cities: New York and Philadelphia.
• He never lived in DC, although he was interested in the construction of the city and brought property in DC.
• He was an active and able mediator between his cabinet members Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson.

• On January 23, 1863, he issued the Emancipation Proclamation.
• He was the first president to be assassinated. He was shot five days after the end of the Civil War.
• He was the first president born outside of the original thirteen colonies.
• Just one month after his inauguration, the Civil War began.