Ayyukan siyasar Washington sun haɗa da goyon bayan takarar abokinsa George William Fairfax a cikin yunkurinsa na 1755 don wakiltar yankin a cikin Gidan Burgesses na Virginia.Wannan goyon bayan ya haifar da takaddama wanda ya haifar da rikici tsakanin Washington da wani mai shuka Virginia, William Payne.Washington ta kawar da lamarin, gami da ba da umarnin jami'an Regiment na Virginia da su tashi tsaye.Washington ta nemi afuwar Payne washegari a wani gidan abinci.Payne ya yi tsammanin za a kalubalanci shi zuwa duel.A matsayin jarumin soja da ake girmamawa kuma babban mai mallakar ƙasa, Washington ta kasance ofisoshin gida kuma an zabe ta a majalisar dokokin lardin Virginia, mai wakiltar Frederick County a cikin House of Burgesses na tsawon shekaru bakwai da suka fara a 1758. Ya ba da masu jefa kuri'a tare da giya, brandy, da sauran abubuwan sha, ko da yake ba ya nan yayin da yake hidima a balaguron Forbes.Ya lashe zaben da kusan kashi 40 cikin 100 na kuri'un da aka kada, inda ya doke wasu 'yan takara uku tare da taimakon wasu magoya bayan gida.Bai yi magana ba a farkon aikinsa na majalisa, amma ya zama babban mai sukar manufofin haraji na Biritaniya da manufofin 'yan kasuwa game da mulkin mallaka na Amurka tun daga shekarun 1760.