Washington, George BrE AmE
(1732–99) the first President of the US, from 1789 to 1797. Washington was a respected officer in the British army before he became commander of the ↑ colonial armies during the ↑ American Revolutionary War . After the war he became the leader of the ↑ Constitutional Convention and influenced the states to officially accept the new ↑ Constitution of the United States . He was elected President of the US twice, but he refused to be president for a third time.