He was commissioned as a major, then became George Washington's aide-de-camp and, on August 14, 1775 Washington appointed him to become the army's first Quartermaster General under order of Congress.

Washington's work on education problems helped him enlist both the moral and substantial financial support of many major white philanthropists.

A major part of Washington's legacy, the model rural schools continued to be constructed, with matching funds from the Rosenwald Fund, into the 1930s.

When Washington's autobiography, Up From Slavery, was published in 1901, it became a bestseller and had a major impact on the African American community, its friends and allies.

Hamilton almost single-handedly worked out the nation's early financial system, and for several years was a major presence in Washington's administration as well.

George Washington's headquarters were located in Cranbury while planning for the Battle of Monmouth, a major turning point during the Revolutionary War.

Suburbanization and urban sprawl has plagued Spokane in past decades despite Washington's use of urban growth boundaries ; the city ranks low among major Northwest cities in population density and smart growth.

Washington's crossing of the Delaware River | Washington's surprise crossing of the Delaware River in December 1776 was a major comeback after the loss of New York City ; his army defeated the British in two battles and recaptured New Jersey.

His motives for this are uncertain ; historian John Buchanan argues that Howe was determined to attempt to draw Washington into a major engagement while both were in northern New Jersey, writing that " Washington's shift in position had whetted Howe's appetite for a major action when, if everything went right, he would finally accomplish what he and his brother's policies had denied him the previous year: the destruction of the Continental Army ", but that Howe's underlying campaign goal for the season was Philadelphia.

The battle was the last major action of Washington's winter New Jersey campaign.

Knox was with Washington's army during the New York and New Jersey campaign, including most of the major engagements resulting in the loss of New York City.

On September 8, 1781, the Battle of Eutaw Springs, the last major battle in the Carolinas, was Washington's final action.

It was the only major political threat to Washington's command during the war.

The action lasted 25 minutes and was over by 1 a. m., and proved to be the major engagement of Washington's army in 1779.

Adams Morgan is considered the center of Washington's Hispanic immigrant community, and is a major night life area with many bars and restaurants, particularly along 18th Street ( the primary commercial district ) and Columbia Road.

Although this war was the first major military endeavor of the post-Revolutionary United States, and a major crisis of President George Washington's Administration, historians have sometimes overlooked it.

There are rumors that Mercer exclusively originated Washington's daring plan to cross the Delaware River and surprise the Hessians at the Battle of Trenton on December 26, 1776, and he was certainly a major contributor to its execution.

" Denver, Colorado's KBTV did not air the episode, stating that after previewing it " We have decided, without hesitation, that it would be offensive to a major segment of the audience "; Portland, Oregon's KATU and Seattle, Washington's KOMO-TV also decided to not show the episode.

Washington's proposal for a series of frontier fortifications was approved, and Lewis was promoted to major to oversee the region along the Greenbrier River.

His students have performed by invitation in major cities, including performances at Washington's Kennedy Center ) as soloists, quartets, and as the Sax-Chamber Orchestra.

A major push to finish the museum came after 1966, when Washington's descendants — Anne Madison and Patty Willis Washington — donated the Washington family's collection of papers and memorabilia to the museum.

On the congressional level, Ellensburg is located in Washington's 4th congressional district and is represented by Republican Doc Hastings, but it is expected to be moved into Washington's 8th congressional district for the 2012 general election and beyond.

* 1976 – George Washington's appointment, posthumously, to the grade of General of the Armies of the United States by congressional joint resolution Public Law 94-479 is approved by President Gerald R. Ford.

Examples include electoral districts such as Washington's 6th congressional district and Tennessee's 1st congressional district ; school districts such as Granite School District and Los Angeles Unified School District ; economic districts such as the Reedy Creek Improvement District ; metropolitan areas such as the Seattle metropolitan area, and metropolitan districts such as the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, the Las Vegas-Clark County Library District, the Metropolitan Police Service of Greater London, as well as other local districts like the York Rural Sanitary District, the Delaware River Port Authority, the Nassau County Soil and Water Conservation District, and C-TRAN.

Klickitat is located in Washington's 4th congressional district, which has a Cook Partisan Voting Index of R + 13 and has been represented by Republican Doc Hastings since 1995.

In the United States House of Representatives Grays Harbor is part of Washington's 6th congressional district, which has a Cook Partisan Voting Index of D + 5 and is represented by Norman D. Dicks.

David Adam Smith ( born June 15, 1965 ), American politician, has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1997, representing Washington's 9th congressional district.

Incumbent U. S. Congressman Sid Morrison, of Washington's 4th congressional district, decided to retire in order to run for Governor of Washington.

He represented Washington's 5th congressional district for 30 years as a Democratic member from 1965 to 1995.

In 1964, Foley won the Democratic nomination for Washington's 5th congressional district, which was based in Spokane.

In 1987, she moved up to the state Senate, giving Republicans control of that chamber, and remained there until her supporters began a September 1994 write-in campaign to elect her to Washington's 3rd congressional district.

* Dave Reichert-representative from Washington's 8th congressional district ; former King County sheriff

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After retirement, Cammermeyer ran for the United States Congress in Washington's 2nd congressional district in 1998.

On January 6, 1988, Dr. Antonio Senat, Washington's personal physician, denied " unfounded speculations " that Washington had cocaine in his system at the time of his death, or that foul play was involved.

During these years he was deeply involved in Washington's policies in East Asia, particularly with respect to Vietnam, as well as Indonesia, Japan, Korea, and China.

In 2008 he filed and successfully spearheaded the campaign for Initiative 1000, Washington's Death With Dignity Act, which was closely modeled on Oregon's assisted dying law ,; he remains involved in implementing the Act.

Milian was the honorary judge for Washington's 2002 Teachers Making A Difference campaign and is actively involved in supporting Southern Florida's Children's Cancer Center's Summer Camp, hosting " Camp Court " mock trials of camp counselors by the young campers.

In 1794, he became involved in a bitter land dispute with Henry Knox, former Major-General in the Continental Army and Secretary of War under George Washington's administration as President.

Nearly everyone involved in the project in its early years agreed the memorial temple had to be built in Alexandria due to Washington's extensive ties to that city.

The Corfield case involved the rights of an out-of-state citizen, rather than the rights of an in-state citizen, and Justice Washington's opinion did not suggest that this provision of the Constitution addresses how a legislature must treat its own citizens.

The Saints orchestrated a three-way trade with the Washington Redskins and the Chicago Bears that involved the Saints ' taking Washington's # 5 overall pick — and, therefore, Williams — in exchange for all the Saints ' remaining 1999 draft picks and their first-and third-rounders in 2000.