John Hanson

John Hanson (1715 - 1783) was a delegate from Maryland to the Continental Congress from 1780-1782 and a signer of the Articles of Confederation. A long-time politician in Maryland, he was a member of the State senate from 1757-1773, and a delegate to the General Congress at Annapolis in 1774. Hanson was elected President of the Continental Congress on November 5, 1781.[1] He is sometimes incorrectly called the first president of the United States—he was merely the presiding officer of Congress.

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1. ↑ http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000177

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Presidents of the Continental Congress

First Continental Congress|

Peyton Randolph (1774) • Henry Middleton (1774)

Second Continental Congress|

Peyton Randolph (1774) • John Hancock (1775 - 1777) • Henry Laurens (1777 - 1778) • John Jay (1778 - 1779) • Samuel Huntington (1779 - 1781)

Confederation Congress|

Samuel Huntington (1779 - 1781) • Thomas McKean (1781) • John Hanson (1781 - 1782) • Elias Boudinot (1782 - 1783) • Thomas Mifflin (1783 - 1784) • Richard Henry Lee (1784 - 1785) • John Hancock (1785 - 1786) • Nathaniel Gorham (1786 - 1787) • Arthur St. Clair (1787) • Cyrus Griffin (1788)