George Washington was the president at the convention.
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George Washington was elected the president of the Constitutional Convention because he took good notes and was well educated. To find out more on the constitutional Convention, go to the Call To Freedom Eigth Grade textbook, or use the online version. xoxo
Thomas Jefferson was not the president of the Philadelphia convention. George Washington was.
George Washington was the first president to be chosen by the electoral college, but John Adams was the first president to receive the popular vote of the American people. Not sure if you would need to know this, but there were 14 presidents before Washington who were elected by the Continental Congress under The Articles of Confederation.
John Adams. In the presidential election of 1796, John Adams finished first and Thomas Jefferson second and became his vice president. Jefferson resigned later on and in 1800 ran against Adams and beat him for the presidency.
Abraham Lincoln was elected as president of the Untied States in 1861. His inauguration was held on March 4, 1861.