Washington: A Legacy Beyond Leadership

“George Washington wasn’t perfect—but no other president has ever matched this.”

George Washington is the only U.S. president to receive 100% of the electoral votes—twice.

No one else has ever done that. But here’s what people forget: during the Revolutionary

War, Washington lost several battles against the British. What made him great

wasn’t constant victory—it was his ability to hold the army together. That persistence

paid off in 1781 at the Battle of Yorktown, the last major battle of the war,

where Washington and his French allies defeated the British and effectively won American independence.

As president, Washington personally oversaw the creation of the new capital and selected the