Why was George Washington the first President?

QUESTION: Why was George Washington the first President?

ANSWER:

Why was George Washington the first President? More than any man of his day, George Washington, was destined to be the first leader of the United States of America. His life, from the time he first became a soldier to the moment in which he gave his farewell speech to the men who fought for him during the Revolutionary War, he operated with such command and respect that it was only obvious that he would be persuaded by his peers to represent this new nation as its inaugural leader.

George Washington, at the conclusion of the Revolutionary War, bid farewell to his men and retired from his post as the Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army. Upon his retirement, Washington and his wife Martha went back to Virginia to live on their estate at Mount Vernon. However, their stay at Mount Vernon was not long as Washington was soon convinced to preside over the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia which led to the formation of the Constitution and the creation of the office of the President of the United States.

Washington’s peers, during the weeks it took to form the Constitution, seemed to always have in mind that Washington was the leader for which they wanted to fill the role of the first President of the United States. Washington was eventually and unanimously elected the President of the United States of America. To this day, George Washington is the only President to have received 100% of the electoral vote.