George Washington was a politician.
Alexander Hamilton . As the first Secretary of the Treasury , Hamilton was the main author of the economic policies of the George Washington administration . Constitutional Convention (United States) . The delegates elected George Washington to preside over the Convention . George Washington . Following his election as president in 1789 , he worked to unify rival factions in the fledgling nation . Mr. President (title) . Adopted in the 1790s by George Washington , the first President of the United States , as his official manner of address as head of state , `` Mister President '' has subsequently been used by other governments to refer to their heads of state . The Whiskey Rebellion ( also known as the Whiskey Insurrection ) was a tax protest in the United States beginning in 1791 during the presidency of George Washington .