He was elected to the position by the delegates.
George Washington.
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George Washington
George Washington was the president at the convention.
George Washington
An 'assembly of demigods' is how Thomas Jefferson referred to the Constitutional Convention. George Washington was unanimously elected chairman.
George Washington was anonymously elected as chairman for the convention.
George Washington served as Chairman of the Constitutional Convention in 1787, and was Commanding General of the Continental Army
George Washington was the presiding officer at the Constitutional Convention.
George Washington was voted in as the chairman of the Constitutional convention. He became unhappy with the position because of the arguments between large and small populated states or northern free states and southern slave states. He also had to stay quiet or neutral with any remarks so he would not be accused of using his position to sway the vote on any contorversy. Thank goodness for Roger Sherman of Connecticut who came up with the Great Compromise. Three major compromises allowed the constitutional convention to conclude to the ratification process. "Father of the U.S. Contitution was a young delegate from Virginia named James Madison, who later will be voted in as the fourth President of the United States.
George Washington was a delegate to the Second Continental Congress, representing the state of Virginia's Westmoreland County and surrounding areas. He never served in the United States Congress at any point in his lifetime, he became President of the United States after the Constitutional Convention of 1787.
George Washington