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George Washington was 57 when sworn in as US President on April 30, 1789.
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George Washington! how do you not know this? how old are you?
He was 57 years old.
At George Washington's first inauguration he was 57 years old.
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Good old George Washington
He was 25 when he started
George Washington's mother, Mary Ball Washington, died when she was 81 years old. She was alive to see her son inaugurated as President. His father, Augustine, died when he was 50 years old.
George Washington was an elected delegate to the First Continental Congress from the Virginia colony in 1774, when he was 42. A year later he was placed in command of the Continental Army as the Revolutionary War broke out. He was 56 when he was elected President in 1788 (after the War), and 57 when he was sworn in as the first US President on April 30, 1789.
George Washington would be 278 after his birthday in 2010.
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