John Thornton Augustine Washington [SEP] sex or gender
1908 article in "The Scrap Book" entitled "If Washington Had Been Crowned" and a February 1951 article in "Life" entitled "If Washington Had Become King: A Carpenter or an Engineer Might Now Rule the U.S.," John Thornton Augustine Washington would have likely succeeded his great uncle George Washington as "king" of the United States had Washington accepted the position of monarch rather than that of president. Following the laws of male preference primogeniture succession recognized by the Kingdom of Great Britain at the time of American independence
John Thornton Augustine Washington
John Thornton Augustine Washington (May 20, 1783 – October 9, 1841) was a prominent Virginia (now West Virginia) landowner, farmer, and statesman and a member of the Washington family. Washington was a grandnephew of George Washington, first President of the United States.
Early life and family.
John Thornton Augustine Washington was born on May 20, 1783 at Berry's Hill plantation near Charles Town, Virginia (now West Virginia). He was the eldest son of Thornton Augustine