Washington was very well respected. He had started his political career in the Virginia House of Burgesses and when the revolution started he was commander of American forces. At the constitutional convention he sat as it's president and to the delegates he was the only man that could be considered for president.
John Adams was made president after George Washington left the presidency, and Adams had been vice president under Washington.
George Washington
As the commander in the Revolutionary War, Washington had proven himself a leader. He was so universally respected that he was chosen unanimously to preside over the Constitutional Convention. At his funeral, Lighthorse Harry Lee memorialized him by saying that Washington was, "First in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen."
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The purpose of the Washington Monument was to honor George Washington, the top general in the Revolutionary War and America's first president under the Constitution.To honer the 1st president Gorge Washington
George Washington made up the cabinet when he was president.
George Washington
Declining to be made King .
The Washington Monument was made to commemorate George Washington as a military leader in the US War of Independence and the first US President. It was created by Robert Mills a man from Charleston.
Technically Washington did however it did not become a federal holiday with a set date until Lincoln.
The president made it one. It was former Indian Territory.
She made-out with the first president of the USA!