George Washington was the first President of the United States (1789-1797), the commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He presided over the convention that drafted the United States Constitution, which replaced the Articles of Confederation. His presidential leadership style established many forms and rituals of government that have been used since, such as using a cabinet system and delivering an inaugural address. Washington was hailed as "father of his country" even during his lifetime

Charles Bartlett Warring was born on November 15, 1825, in Charlton, New York.

He was a physicist, educator, amateur geologist, and author. He attended Poughkeepsie and Union College (B.A., M.A.). He founded and directed the Poughkeepsie Military Institute, a school for boys. He taught Hebrew, Greek, Latin, and contemporary cosmogony at the Collegiate School in Poughkeepsie. Warring was one of the founders of the Poughkeepsie Society of Natural Sciences which later became the Scientific Section of the Vassar Brothers Institute. He was also a member of the New York Academy of Science and an Associate Member of the Philosophical Society of Great Britain. His most original contribution was a paper of 1887 in which he proposed that the continents drifted apart from a single mass at the beginning of the earth’s history. He published several books, e.g., "Mosaic Account of Creation, the Miracle of Today, or, New Witnesses to the Oneness of Genesis & Science" (1875), "Studies Upon the Inclination of the Earth's Axis" ( 1876?), and "Genesis I and Modern Science" (1892).

In 1851, he married Catharine Anne Lent (1821-1911). He died on July 4, 1907, in Poughkeepsie, New York.