George Washington: America's Most Essential Man

George Washington was America’s most essential man. He experienced the loss of his father at a young age, yet he became a successful plantation owner, a major in the Virginia militia, a politician, a general and the first president of the United States of America. Though he experienced many adversities in life he was able to take these experiences and use them to better a country. George Washington created a new government for the United Sates of America in his own image which was moral, fair and responsible because of his own life experiences as a general, politician and entrepreneur.
George Washington was born on February 22nd, 1732. He was the oldest of six children. Washington’s father died when he was only eleven years old (Biography.com Editors 1). After his father’s death his older half-brother, Lawrence was his only father figure. George admired Lawrence. He taught him plantation management. Lawrence inherited the family farm, built a home and renamed the plantation, Mount Vernon (Parry and Allison 11). Lawrence died from smallpox after returning home from a Royal Navy voyage to Barbados. George ended his schooling at fifteen and began his work as a surveyor in the

He got one vote for every elector within the Electoral College and later stated that “No slip shall go unnoticed” (Weber 15). Washington was the only president in history to receive all the electoral votes (George Washington Biography 5).He was turning gray and intended to only serve one term but ended up serving two (History.com/staff). Washington could have easily been a king, but he was humble to the point of declining the president’s salary of $25,000 per year (Biography.com Editors 6, 7). He allowed the people an equal opportunity to take part in democracy. Many of his confidantes called him “Your Majesty” but he insisted that they call him “Mr. President”