who was the first president of america

[Mr I]

Just the name pls

[Shibby]

The first elected president of the united states was George Washington. If you are referring to the first president of the american colonies, or what ever it its called, I don't know.

[Mr I]

FAIL It was peyton randolf

[Mr I]

But at least you tried shibby the others all put their thumb up ass cos trhey were afraid to look silly, yeah peyton came over to london to get educated and went back to virginia ro practice law, clever dude and was the first to challenge an english laws application in an american state, interestingly the english ct said nope he's right our shit don't stick there. That's where it all started. GW wqas the first president post independence

[Bouncer]

FAIL It was peyton randolf

false.

it was John Hanson.

John Hanson, First President

[caged]

christopher columbus

[Bouncer]

Officially John Hanson was the third President of the Continental Congress, successor to the first two men to hold the office, Samuel Huntington and Thomas McKean. He was the first to be elected to the position after the surrender of the British at Yorktown, the first to serve a full one-year term, and the first to formally use the title President of the United States in Congress Assembled.

The office was in existence from 1781 to 1788, under the Articles of Confederation. It was replaced by the modern office of President of the United States when the Constitution took effect in 1789. The modern office is significantly more powerful as an executive position.

[Mr I]

While hanson was thwe first delegate to do a full term he was not the first to preside over continental congress randolf was, so although mainstream considers hanson, this isn't truth, truth is randolf

[Shibby]

Well I knew it was a trick question, but I knew what you were getting at :)

[Bouncer]

While hanson was thwe first delegate to do a full term he was not the first to preside over continental congress randolf was, so although mainstream considers hanson, this isn't truth, truth is randolf

false, the first was Samuel Huntington. hanson was the first legitimate one.

[Mr I]

Officially John Hanson was the third President of the Continental Congress, successor to the first two men to hold the office, Samuel Huntington and Thomas McKean. He was the first to be elected to the position after the surrender of the British at Yorktown, the first to serve a full one-year term, and the first to formally use the title President of the United States in Congress Assembled.

The office was in existence from 1781 to 1788, under the Articles of Confederation. It was replaced by the modern office of President of the United States when the Constitution took effect in 1789. The modern office is significantly more powerful as an executive position.

Exactly he wasn't the first FAIL

[Bouncer]

"The first eight presidents were among the best and the brightest of the early founders. The first, John Hanson, made the most of his twelve months in office. He established the Great Seal of the United States; created the first Treasury Department, Foreign Affairs Department and the Secretary of War. President Hanson removed all foreign troops and foreign flags from America and designated the fourth Thursday of every November a Thanksgiving Day holiday.

The fourth president was Richard Henry Lee of Virginia, General Robert E. Lee’s grandfather. He was one of most famous orators in Congress and he was the one who introduced the resolution calling for a formal declaration of independence from England. His resolution was adopted and Lee was selected to head the committee to draft the document. However, an illness in his family made it necessary for him to return home indefinitely so the task was given to his friend and fellow Virginian, Thomas Jefferson.

Arthur St. Clair, president number seven, issued the Northwest Ordinance that annexed the Northwest Territory for future settlements. St. Clair also created a Confederation Convention for the purpose of correcting deficiencies in the Articles of Confederation. The revised Articles became the United States Constitution. The new Constitution changed not only the presidential election process but also expanded the scope of the presidency beyond the duties prescribed for the original eight.

But wait a minute. In addition to these eight presidents, we mustn’t ignore Samuel Huntington who served as president from March 1, 1781 to July 6, 1781. Nor should we leave out Thomas McKean, who was president from July 10, 1781 until John Hanson assumed the office. These two additional presidents would make General Washington our eleventh president.

And, of course, there were presidents who served before the Articles of Confederation were officially adopted. How could we not mention John Hancock who held the office of president from 1776 to 1777? Hancock had the honor of serving as president a second time from 1785 to 1786, one of the eight presidents mentioned above. Henry Laurens, the only American president to be confined to the Tower of London, succeeded him and held the office from 1777 to 1778. After Laurens, John Jay served as president from 1778 to 1779. Samuel Huntington became president in 1779. However, his term in office was continued after the Articles of Confederation were formally adopted so we shouldn’t count him twice. But these three additional presidents would make George Washington number 14."

[Bouncer]

Exactly he wasn't the first FAIL

he was the first official president. technically Samuel Huntington was the first.

so no.. you fail.

[Mr I]

So you know how people been pullin my chain lately well yeah that's right consider your balls busted, successefully trolled, its hammer time and you been playin a playa! Many views and only a couple that were confident enough or patriotic enough to get into it but admit it I had ya scratchin ya head. Yeah bitches got played lol

[Bouncer]

So you know how people been pullin my chain lately well yeah that's right consider your balls busted, successefully trolled, its hammer time and you been playin a playa! Many views and only a couple that were confident enough or patriotic enough to get into it but admit it I had ya scratchin ya head. Yeah bitches got played lol

i responded when i picked up my laptop and saw the post.

read this, this explains exactly how it all went down and why randolph cant be considered the first.


Back when the American Revolution began, there was no mechanism to create any governmental body that had any legal standing. A group of people opposing the King's practices formed the "Continental Congress" which were leading men who went to confer with other colonies to discuss ways to resist British policies.

The Second Continental Congress was still running the resistance when the conlonies approved the Declaration of Independence in 1776. However, at this point, it was seen that each of the thirteen colonies would become independent nations. The Continental Congress was more of a regional UN where representatives of each country got together to discuss coordination of the war effort and other matters.

The delegates selected a person to preside over Congress in order to help keep order. The men who held this job were as follows:

Peyton Randolph (September 5, 1774 - October 21, 1774)
Henry Middleton (October 22, 1774 - May 10, 1775)
Peyton Randolph (May 10, 1775 - May 23, 1775) (same as #1)
John Hancock (May 24, 1775 - October 30, 1777)
Henry Laurens (November 1, 1777 - December 9, 1778)
John Jay (December 10, 1778 - September 27, 1779)
Samuel Huntington (September 28, 1779 - February 28, 1781)

The Colonies became independent "States" in 1776 while Hancock was President, but even then, the Congress was not an official government body. Rather, each State was an independent nation.

By 1781 as the war was winding down, the various States decided to maintain a permanent group that would coordinate common issues among them. They created the Articles of Confederation, which among other things, noted that the Continental Congress had a presiding officer (called a
"President" because he "presided" over Congress) and that no one could serve as President for more than a period of one year.

The Articles were ratified in March 1, 1781. At that time, Samuel Huntington was still the President of Congress. He retired a few months later and was replaced by Thomas McKean.

John Hanson, the third man to hold the job after the ratification of the Articles, is often credited with being the first elected "President" because he was the first elected (by his fellow delegates) to a full term under the
Articles. He used the title "President of the United States in Congrss Assembled."

The full list of presiding officers is listed below:

Samuel Huntington (March 1, 1781 - July 6, 1781)
Thomas McKean (July 10, 1781 to November 4, 1781)
John Hanson (November 5, 1781 to November 4, 1782)
Elias Boudinot (November 4, 1782 to November 3, 1783)
Thomas Mifflin (November 3, 1783 to June 3, 1784)
Richard Henry Lee (November 30, 1784 to November 23, 1785)
John Hancock (November 23, 1785 to June 6, 1786)
Nathaniel Gorham (June 6, 1786 to November 13, 1786)
Arthur St. Clair (February 2, 1787 to October 29, 1787)
Cyrus Griffin (January 22, 1788 to March 4, 1789)

Now even though the office was called "President" this person did not have the powers we associate with a modern president. He was more like the Speaker of the House. His main role was to keep order in Congress. He had no executive authority beyond presiding over Congress.

It was not until the Constitution was put in place in 1789 that the President had the powers we know today. The first person to hold that office, of course, was George Washington.

As to what consideration is given to these men? Well, they are all revered as founding fathers, but probably the only one of then who is remembered for his role in prsiding over Congress in John Hancock because of his role during the Declaration of Independence. John Jay is also remembers for later being Chief Justice, Ambassador to Britain, and one of the writers of the Federalist Papers. The rest are rather obscure figures who played relatively minor roles.