Episode 3 of 3
Washington Unanimously Elected Convention President
- When
- May 1787
- Where
- Convention hall
Among its first acts, the convention unanimously elected George Washington of Virginia as its presiding president.
One of the first things the Convention undertook was the selection of a presiding officer. The delegates unanimously elected George Washington of Virginia, former commanding general of the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War and a proponent of a stronger national government, to serve as president of the convention. He presided from the Rising Sun Chair.
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