George Washington

George Washington (1732-1799) was the first President of the United States. Before that he commanded the Continental Army during the American Revolution and drove the British out of what then became US territory.

Washington came from Virginia, and after the War of Secession his popularity in the US suffered because of it. People far preferred to remember President Theodore Roosevelt or Northern Founding Fathers such as John Adams or Alexander Hamilton.

Meanwhile, President Jake Featherston of the Confederate States considered Washington to be just another damnyankee.

Washington was a distant relative by marriage to Robert E. Lee and by blood to Winston Churchill.