George Washington

State: Virginia

Age at Convention: 55

Year of Death: 1799

Schooling: Private Tutoring, Honorary L.L.D. from Harvard 1776

Occupation: Surveyor, Planter and Slave Holder, General of the Continental Army, Lending and Investments, Real Estate Land Speculations, Public Security Interests

3 Most significant political experiences prior to convention: Virginia House of Burgesses 1759-1774, Continental Congress 1774-1775, Commander in Chief of Continental Army 1775-1783

Convention Contributions: President of the Convention, present at the Conventino through the signing.

Did he sign? Yes.

What did he do after the convention: He was unanimously elected as President of the United States (1788-1796).

Most interesting thing about George Washington: He had no children of his own. He married, widow, Martha Custis who had two children which Washington raised as his own but he had no offspring.

Quote: "having conducted these States to independence and peace, he now appears to assist in framing a Government to make the People happy. Like Gustavus Vasa, he made be said to be the deliverer of his Country." -William Pierce, speaking of Washington at the Convention.