George Washington had little formal education. His principal teachers were his father and elder half-brother Lawrence; plantation life, and the rivers, fields and forests. He became proficient in mathematics and surveying. Washington contributed much during his public life. He served as a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses from 1759 to 1774. He was unanimously elected general and commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution. Washington served as Virginia delegate to the Constitutional Convention, which met at Philadelphia in May 1787. He was unanimously elected the first president of the United States and inaugurated in New York City on April 30, 1789. His marriage to Martha Dandridge Custis produced no children. After two terms he retired to Mount Vernon in 1797. He died on Dec. 14, 1799 after a two-day illness.
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