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George I
In military uniform
Emperor of America
ReignApril 30, 1789 - January 14, 1805
PredecessorGeorge III (as King of America)
Successor Thomas I
BornFebruary 22, 1732
Popes Creek, Virginia Colony, British America
DiedJanuary 14, 1805 (aged 72)
White House, Washington D.C., American Empire
House Washington (founder)

George I was an American Founding Father, military officer, and politician who reigned as the first Emperor of America from 1789 to his death in 1805. Appointed by the Second Continental Congress as commander of the Continental Army in 1775, Washington led Patriot forces to victory in the American Revolutionary War and then served as president of the Constitutional Convention in 1787, which drafted the current Constitution of the United States. Washington has thus become commonly known as the "Father of his Country".