George Washington (disambiguation)
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George Washington
(1732–1799) was the first president of the United States (1789–1797)
George Washington may also refer to:
George Washington
George Washington was the dominant military and political leader of the new United States of America from 1775 to 1799. He led the American victory over Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army from 1775 to 1783, and presided over the writing of...
(1732–1799) was the first president of the United States (1789–1797)
George Washington may also refer to:
People
- George Corbin WashingtonGeorge Corbin WashingtonGeorge Corbin Washington was a United States Congressman from the third and fifth districts of Maryland, serving four terms from 1827 to 1833, and 1835 to 1837. He was also a grandnephew of U.S. President George Washington.Washington was born at Haywood Farms near Oak Grove of Westmoreland County,...
(1789–1854), United States congressman from Maryland (1827–1833) - George Washington (inventor)George Washington (inventor)George Constant Louis Washington was an American inventor and businessman of Anglo-Belgian origin. He is best remembered for his invention of an early instant coffee process and for the company he founded to mass-produce it, the G...
(1871–1946), American businessman - George Washington (Washington pioneer)George Washington (Washington pioneer)George Washington was the founder of the town of Centralia, Washington. He is remembered as a leading African American pioneer of the Pacific Northwest....
(1817–1905), American pioneer - George Washington (trombonist)George Washington (trombonist)George Washington was an American jazz trombonist.Washington was born in Brunswick, Georgia and raised in Jacksonville, Florida. He began playing trombone at age ten and attended Edward Waters College in the early 1920s. He relocated to Philadelphia in 1925 and played with J.W...
(b. 1907), American jazz trombonist - George T. Washington (Liberia), Liberian political figure
- George Thomas WashingtonGeorge Thomas WashingtonGeorge Thomas Washington was an American jurist who served as judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit from 1949 to 1965.-Biography:...
(1908–1971), judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit - George Washington (baseball)George Washington (baseball)Sloan Vernon "George" Washington was a professional baseball outfielder. He played all of and part of in Major League Baseball for the Chicago White Sox....
(1907–1985), American baseball player
- People with the given names George Washington
Ships
- Several U.S. Navy vessels:
- , a sloop
- , an ocean liner taken over and used as a transport ship in World War I and World War II
- , the lead ship of the George Washington submarine class
- , a Nimitz class nuclear-powered supercarrier, a German ocean liner
Bridges
- George Washington BridgeGeorge Washington BridgeThe George Washington Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Hudson River, connecting the Washington Heights neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan in New York City to Fort Lee, Bergen County, New Jersey. Interstate 95 and U.S. Route 1/9 cross the river via the bridge. U.S...
, a suspension bridge connecting New York City to Fort Lee, New Jersey - George Washington Memorial BridgeGeorge Washington Memorial BridgeFor other bridges of the same name, see Washington Bridge .The George Washington Memorial Bridge is a cantilever and truss bridge that carries Aurora Avenue N. over the west end of Seattle's Lake Union between Queen Anne and Fremont, just east of the Fremont Cut...
(commonly called the Aurora Bridge) in Seattle, Washington
Other
- George, WashingtonGeorge, WashingtonGeorge is a city in Grant County, Washington, United States. The population was 528 at the 2000 census. Its name is a play on the name of George Washington.The city is known for being near the Gorge Amphitheatre, sometimes being called, "The Gorge at George"....
, a United States city - George Washington (statue)George Washington (statue)George Washington is a massive sculpture by Horatio Greenough commissioned for the centennial of U.S President George Washington's birth in February 22, 1732.-Description:...
(1840), a work by Horatio Greenough - Lieutenant General George WashingtonLieutenant General George WashingtonLieutenant General George Washington is an equestrian statue of George Washington, at Washington Circle, Washington, D.C.It was authorized by an act of Congress on January 25, 1853, and executed by sculptor Clark Mills, and dedicated on February 22, 1860, by president James Buchanan.It cost...
, an equestrian statue by Clark Mills - George Washington (train), a named train of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
- George Washington (film)George Washington (film)George Washington is a 2000 American drama film about a group of children in a depressed small town in North Carolina. The children band together to cover up a tragic mistake. The film is written and directed by David Gordon Green.-Plot:...
, a 2000 film - George Washington (horse)George Washington (horse)George Washington was a thoroughbred racehorse foaled in Ireland by champion sire Danehill out of Bordighera, also the dam of the high class colt Grandera. Bred by Roy and Gretchen Jackson, he was trained at Ballydoyle by Aidan O'Brien and owned by Susan Magnier, Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith...
, a racehorse - George Washington Hotel (New York, New York), a defunct hotel and boarding house located at 23 Lexington Avenue in Manhattan, New York
- George Washington Memorial ParkwayGeorge Washington Memorial ParkwayThe George Washington Memorial Parkway, known to local motorists simply as the "G.W. Parkway", is a parkway maintained by the U.S. National Park Service. It is located mostly in Northern Virginia, although a short section northwest of the Arlington Memorial Bridge passes over Columbia Island,...
, an American parkway in Virginia and Maryland - Hotel George Washington (Jacksonville, Florida)Hotel George Washington (Jacksonville, Florida)The Hotel George Washington, on the corner of Adams and Julia Streets in Jacksonville, Florida, was a 15-story luxury hotel that was in operation from 1926 to 1971. The local firm of Marsh and Saxelbye served as architects. In its later years, it was one of only two luxury hotels in the downtown area...
, a luxury hotel in operation from 1926 to 1971 - George Washington UniversityGeorge Washington UniversityThe George Washington University is a private, coeducational comprehensive university located in Washington, D.C. in the United States...
, a private university in Washington, D.C. - George Washington High School (disambiguation)