click image for close-up George Washington and Martha Dandridge ... recreated the scene in a 1849 painting called The Marriage of Washington to Martha Custis, one in a series of five paintings ...

Washington won the presidency by unanimous electoral vote in both 1788 and in 1792. Challenges Upon his inauguration as the first president on April 30, 1789, George Washington assumed office under ...

Feb. 22, 1732 George Washington is born in a modest house ... Along with the wealth and social standing that Martha brought to the marriage, she also came with two young children, who Washington ...