Other interesting George Washington facts
- President
Washington was the only President who never actually lived in Washington,
DC (at the time of his Presidency, the nations capital was in Philadelphia)
- George
Washington's political party was the Federalist party
- George
Washington's height was six feet three inches. He was very tall for his
time.
- In
June of 1775, Congress commissioned George Washington to lead the
Continental Army besieging the British in Boston. This new commission kept
him away from home for the next eight years.
- Washington
was the only President to die in the 1700's (December
14, 1799)
- George Washington was apparently a very
loud snorer
- He never fathered any children, yet he is called
the "Father of our country". He left no direct descendants
- Washington was the first man in history to
be given the title of Lieutenant General
- President Washington was the first
President to have his picture on a postage stamp
- His hobbies included breeding hound dogs,
fire fighting, fishing and fox hunting
- General Washington ordered that there be no
swearing in the army
- His boot size was 13
- George Washington was one of two Presidents
to sign the U.S. Constitution. James Madison was the other President to
sign it.
- Washington was the only President to have
been voted in unanimously by the electoral college. He won all 69 of the
votes that were cast.
- Although wigs were popular during his
lifetime, George Washington refused to wear one. He instead powdered his
natural reddish brown hair, and wore it in a short braid in back.
- His IQ is estimated to be somewhere between
118 and 125, depending upon which sources you look at.
- During the Revolutionary War, General
Washington appointed Benjamin Tallmadge to organize an espionage network
called the Culper Spy Ring. This group
included a woman, Nancy Strong who hung her laundry on the line in certain
ways to pass signals to other members
- As part of America's Bicentennial
celebration, George Washington was given the posthumous rank of
"General of the Armies of the United States of America".
The Congressional Act that promoted him also specified that no
other army officer would ever outrank him.
