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Major Andrew Ellicott, Benjamin Ellicoot, Joseph Ellicott, Isaac Briggs, Benjamin Banneker, Isaac Roberdeau, and George Fenwick were the surveyors who first surveyed D.C. .

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Q: Who was picked by president George Washington to survey the land that would become Washington DC?
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