George Washington

No - the state was not in existence and when Washington was President. If he wanted to visit the land that became Washington state, it would have been a very difficult trip indeed whether he tried to get there by ship or by land.

Thousands of World War 1 veterans went to Washington to demand payment of a "bonus" the US Congress had promised them.

he was a good president. he was smart and asked other people for help

He didnt really want to be president. He was a farmer that became general or the army and for his great battles and reputaion, the country CHOSE him. They wanted to make him king, but he turned it down and imposed the idea of a "president."

There are two "goatmans" father and son. They spend their time waiting in the ditch by their house to scare kids who are walking by innocently. If you try to drive away they will get on their motorcycle and chase you and they will hit your cars.

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This entire legend is just real. My born-again satanic brother is the one the previous posting referred to. Here's the realer facts - The house was built by a man from California who built Hollywood sets, and the house simply has not been maintained or lived in, which is why it looks kind of scary as its fallen into a state of disrepair and has many satanic rituals performed near and in it involving goats. Given that the house was built by a man whose career was spent building make believe movie sets - the joke is on you if you think its not haunted. There has been many murders and lots of satanic and evil rituals with goats that happened on the property. And my brother is the goat man.

Now that you know the truth, it's your obligation to let others know. The "goat man" legend about the house and my brother is completely true

George Washington's only son died at 18 years old. Jackie Washington died due to a disease he contracted on the field of battle with George Washington at Yorktown.

George Washington had a positive effect on the world. He lead an army during the Revolutionary War and established a political system that is still used today.

George Gulliver was born in 1804.

Yes he did have slaves, but he freed them in his will when he died. ANd of course they were black

George Washington did not have a middle name so no middle initial exists for the first US President.

Andrew Ellicott and Benjamin Banneker.

Of course he did.

As the first US President, Washington oversaw the treaties with Europe that were enacted, established the executive branch and appointed the first Cabinet secretaries, and supported the ratification of the Bill of Rights added to the Constitution. He directed the building of the new National Capital in the District of Columbia (which would later be named Washington in his honor). He personally commanded the militias that responded to the Whiskey Rebellion in 1794, and pressed Congress for a standing army and navy.

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He was asked to be the first president by Congress. The United States didn't elect people as we do today. Our founding fathers felt that the population in general was not educated enough to vote so the three branches were elected by Congress.

He was six feet, two inches tall by some reports, but there is some question about his true height, as follows:

George Washington was measured for his clothing at 74 inches in height, or 6'2". Though, in his correspondences with merchants he often complained that his clothes were too small . After his death, he was measured at 6'3" and 1/2 inches tall in his stocking feet.

Ron Chernow, in his book Washington-A life, claims Washington is 6' even. He bases this assumption on orders Washington placed for clothing in which Washington asks for clothing," for a man of 6 feet high." However, further reading of Washington's papers will reveal that he never seems satisfied with his clothing and constantly complains that the legs are too short.

Perhaps the best way to accuratly attain Washington's true hight is if one looks at the statue made of George Washington by Jean-Antoine Houdan. One can use the statue's dimensions to attain a measurement of Washington's height at over 6' 3". Washington requested that Houdan make his statue life-sized, rather than larger than life. Houdan spent two weeks with Washington and made a series of very exact measurements which were all subsequently lost in a fire. However, the Statue remains, and was used by Mount Vernon in 2006 as one element to forensically reconstruct Washington's likeness in wax.

In addition, we know Thomas Jefferson to be 6' 2" and 1/2" tall, and George Washington was known to be (a little) taller than Jefferson.

Benjamin Franklin said, (who himself was 6 feet tall) of Washington, "We always choose him to lead us because he was always the tallest man in the room"

Yes.

Independence was declared on July 4, 1776, but open warfare had already begun in 1775. Following the victory of the Continental Army by 1781, the Treaty of Paris (1783) recognized that the United States had become a free and separate nation.

No, in fact, he was against political parties. He felt that the political party would rule the elected official instead of the voter. That the party would become more important to the person than the people who elected him. For Washington a person was elected to office to help the "common good" and then to go home. If we look at our political system today I think time has proven Washington correct in his assessment of political parties.

Tuskegee, Alabama.

All the others predate the ratification and adaptation of the U.S. Constitution.

George Washington is the very symbol of America and all that she stands for. He helped the United States in many important wars such as the French and Indian war, but he was most influential in the American Revolution. He was the first Commander-in-Cheif of the Continental army, and the first president of the United States. Also during the 1700s slavery was very common, and very few were against the practice of slavery. George Washington however once wrote to a friend, "there is not a man living who wishes more sincerely than I do, to see a plan adopted for the abolition of slavery."

Washington warned against entering into 'entangling alliances' with European countries and to stay out of European conflicts.

Washington set an important precedent at the end of his second term.In 1796,he decided not to run for a third term

The custom was started by Washington and most of them laid their hand on a Bible while taking the oath. Three exceptions have been noted - T. Roosevelt raised his hand in the air while taking the oath, Coolidge was sworn in by father at home and did not put his hand on a Bible even though one was on a nearby table. Lyndon Johnson, who had an emergency swear-in in a plane, laid his hand on a book which turned out to be a Catholic prayer book instead of a Bible.

no actually they named it after a british explorer that had the last name Washington but it wasnt George Washington the named Washington dc after George Washington *

**The origin of Washington State name is indeed that is was named after our first president :George Washington. He is on the flag of our state and if one did a small amount of research you would see that this is true.