George Washington was the son of Augustine Washington (1694-1743) and his second wife, Mary Ball Washington (1708-1789). The Washington family moved to Ferry Farm Plantation in 1738. Located on the ...

Washington won the presidency by unanimous electoral vote in both 1788 and in 1792. Challenges Upon his inauguration as the first president on April 30, 1789, George Washington assumed office under ...

A descendant of John Ball, the medieval English preacher who led the first popular rebellion in England, George Washington led his own fight for independence in America. Washington was born on ...

Ellis (“His Excellency: George Washington”) wrote that his ... When Coe set out to write her 2020 Washington biography, “You ...