The official at a glance resource for the 2022 Project POTUS jury. Fast facts about each POTUS in American History.
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Born: 1732 at Pope's Creek, VA
Had equivalent of elementary education
Married Martha Washington, and did not have children of his own but raised two children of Martha's from a previous marriage
First President of the United States
President 1789-1797
Accomplishments
Second Continental Congress for Adoption of the U.S. Constitution
Emphasized neutrality as foreign policy following Revolutionary War
Died: 1799