I think you should write a post Sorting the founding fathers! So many interesting things to consider!
Washington is a tricky case. I think his "I don't want to govern" schtick must have been at least partly genuine, because he did step down in the end, so for that reason I'd say Hufflepuff. Power was never his highest aim, as it would be if he was Slytherin, though he certainly didn't mind having it handed to him on a silver platter.
Definitely not Gryffindor, though. He was brave, but not at all foolhardy (not that Gryffindors have to be foolhardy, but it seems to be one of their common failure modes), and he doesn't seem to thirst for glory as most Gryffindors do.
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Re: John Adams superfan here
Date: 2012-09-01 04:47 pm (UTC)Washington is a tricky case. I think his "I don't want to govern" schtick must have been at least partly genuine, because he did step down in the end, so for that reason I'd say Hufflepuff. Power was never his highest aim, as it would be if he was Slytherin, though he certainly didn't mind having it handed to him on a silver platter.
Definitely not Gryffindor, though. He was brave, but not at all foolhardy (not that Gryffindors have to be foolhardy, but it seems to be one of their common failure modes), and he doesn't seem to thirst for glory as most Gryffindors do.