List of United States Political Families (W) - The Washingtons

The Washingtons

See also Harrison family and Lee family.

• George Washington (1732–1799), member of Virginia House of Burgesses, member of Continental Congress from Virginia, commander in chief of continental forces in the American Revolutionary War, delegate and president of the Philadelphia Convention of 1787, President of the United States.
• Samuel Washington (1734–1781), brother of George Washington, Justice of the Peace, County Magistrate, County Sheriff, Militia Officer.
• John Augustine Washington (1736–1787), brother of George Washington, Member of County Committee of Safety and Chairman of County Committee for Relief of Boston during the Revolutionary War, Town Trustee.
• Charles Washington (1738–1799), Stafford County, Virginia Magistrate. Brother of George Washington.
  • Bushrod Washington (1762–1829), nephew of George Washington, son of John Augustine Washington, member of Virginia House of Delegates, United States Supreme Court associate justice.
  • John Parke Custis (1754–1781), Virginia House Delegate 1778-1781. Stepson of George Washington.
    • George Corbin Washington (1789–1854), grandnephew of George Washington, United States Representative from Maryland.

NOTE: George Washington was also uncle by marriage of U.S. Representative Burwell Bassett and granduncle by marriage of U.S. Secretary of War Charles Magill Conrad. John Parke Custis was also son-in-law of Maryland Colony Governor Charles Calvert.