1793, GEORGE WASHINGTON (1732 - 1799), portrait engraved by Edward Savage (1761 - 1817). Print showing George Washington, seated, holding proposed plan for the new capitol city of Washington. Washington led America's Continental Army to victory over Britain in the American Revolutionary War (1775 1783), and in 1789 was elected the first President of the United States of America. He served two four-year terms from 1789 to 1797, winning reelection in 1792. Portrait by painter GILBERT STUART (1795 - 1796), Washington, National Gallery of Art