George Washington- Signer of the Constitution

George Washington is a man known throughout the world as the First President of the United States of America and often known as the President of the Constitutional Convention.  In his earlier life Washington was a Colonel in the British Army, a member of the Virginian House of Burgess's, a Vestryman in the Anglican Church, and then General of the Continental Army.  Washington was loved by all men who served under him in the Revolutionary War.  They had been through a lot together (example: Valley Forge) and that may have been a reason for his appointment to President of the Convention.

 As President of the Constitutional Convention he conducted the convention and gained even greater executive experience for his future position in the newly formed Republic.  The Constitutional Convention was held in the very place were Washington was given the burden of Commander of the Colonial Forces, Independence Hall, were the Declaration of Independence was also ratified in Philadelphia.  General Washington was nominated as President of the Convention by Robert Morris, John Rutlege seconded the nomination and the vote was unanimous among the delegates.  Washington soon learned as President of the Convention that, in his words, "The sentiments of the different members seem to accord more than I expected they would, as far as we have yet gone".  Yet, their was disagreement between the various plans such as the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan which eventually led to a compromise that created the greatest form of Republican government found in the world today.  Washington was instrumental as President of the Convention in helping with the compromise.  And as the First President he broke the ground and set an example of what a President of the United States should do and how he should behave (remember he could have been King).  Washington was indeed instrumental in forming the Constitution and starting our country in the right dirrection.

These are a few of Washington's words on our countries greatest law:

The power under the Constitution will always be in the people.  It is entrusted for certain defined purposes, and for a certain limited period, to representatives of their own choosing; and whenever it is executed contrary to their interest, or not agreeable to their wishes, their servants can, and undoubtedly will, be recalled.