common meter, common measure - the usual (iambic) meter of a ballad metrical foot, metrical unit, foot - (prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm 4.
George Washington was elected as president of the constitution convention. He was nominated for the position by Robert Morris of Pennsylvania. George Washington was elected â¦ President of the Constitutional  Convention. He would go on to serve as the country's 1st President.
Washington presided over the Constitutional Convention in 1787, which devised a new form of federal government for the United States. Following unanimous election as President in 1789, he worked to unify rival factions in the fledgling nation.