George Washington

George Washington. 1st President. , Born: February 22, 1732, Westmoreland County, Virginia , Married: Martha Danbridge Curtis, (1732-1802), January 6, 1759 , Children: John and Martha Curtis (adopted) , Died: December 14, 1799, at Mount Vernon, Virginia , Education: No formal education , Occupation: Planter, soldier , Political Party: Federalist , Career Highlights: . Officer in the French and Indian War; . Commander in Chief, Continental Army, American Revolution; . President, Constitutional Convention , National Highlights: . The first tax laws adopted; . The Bill of Rights became law , "To draw such a line for the conduct of the President as will please every body, I know is impossible..." - Letter to James Madison, May 12, 1789 , "Time and habit are at least as necessary to fix the true character of government, as of other human institutions;...Liberty itself will find in such a government, wit powers properly distributed and adjusted, its surest guardian." - Farewell Address, September 17, 1796. , Gutzon Borglum, Sculptor of Mount Rushmore: , "This is the work that I love most, this intimate contact with the four men. As I become engrossed in the features and personality of each man, I feel myself growing in stature, just as they did when their characters grew and developed." - New York Times Magazine, August 25, 1940 , "Washington, as the guiding genius from the time of our national conception, through its struggle for life and the completion of its Constitution, becomes the central part of the great group." - New York Herald Tribune, June 30, 1929