Washington was elected by the process specified in the newly ratified US Constitution. Only 10 states voted since NC and RI had not yet ratified the Constitution and New York was not able to get its electors selected in time.
As for why he was elected- he had no serious opponents. He was the man everybody thought of when a president was needed.
George Washington was unanimously elected by the electoral college in 1789, making him the first President of the United States.
George Washington was not our first president no one knows who it really was there was about 5 behind him. But he was the first for the entire country. Anyways... he became first of the country by guiding the Revolutionary War.
The U.S.As first president elected is George Washington
George Washington was the 1 president
No George Washington is not the king of Britain but he led his own army. Britain's current (2014) monarch is Elizabeth II. A George Washington was the first President of the United States.
George washington. Also the first president of the U.S.A.
George Washington did not have a middle name so no middle initial exists for the first US President.
The first official president was George Washington.
George Washington
in 1771 george washington became the first presendnt.
He won the election.
In USA it was George Washington
George Washington
George Washington was the nation's first president
George Washington was the first President of the U.S. George Washington
When George Washington become president, John Adams become the first vice president.John Adams becomes the second president.
Yes, George Washington was the the first president
The first president of the United States was George Washington
The first president of The United States was George Washington.