The 15 Presidents before George Washington

[rambone]

Oh, the things they forgot to mention to us in school....

The 15 Presidents before George Washington





There were 7 Presidents of Congress.

Peyton Randolph of Virginia (1723-1775)
9/5/1774 – 10/21/1774
5/10/1775 – 5/23/1775

Henry Middleton (1717-1784)
October 22, 1774 – May 10, 1775

John Hancock (1737-1793)
May 24 1775 to October 30 1777
Hancock was the presiding officer when the members approved the Declaration of Independence, which termed the famous signature since it was his duty to “put his John Hancock down first”.

Henry Laurens (1724-1792)
November 1, 1777. He served until December 9, 1778

John Jay (1745-1829)
December 10, 1778 to September 27, 1779

Samuel Huntington (1732-1796)
September 28, 1779 until ill health forced him to resign on July 9, 1781

Thomas McKean (1734-1817)
July 10, 1781 to November 4, 1782


There were 8 Presidents of the United States Under the Articles of Confederation.

John Hanson (1715-1783)
November 5, 1781 until November 3, 1782

Elias Boudinot (1741-1802)
November 4, 1782 until November 2, 1783

Thomas Mifflin (1744-1800)
November 3, 1783 to November 29, 1784

Richard Henry Lee (1732-1794)
November 30, 1784 to November 22, 1785

John Hancock (1737-1793)
November 23, 1785 - June 5, 1786

Nathaniel Gorham (1738-1796)
June 6, 1786 to February 1, 1787

Arthur St. Clair (1734-1818)
1787—and he served from February 2 of that year until January 21

Cyrus Griffin (1736-1796)
January 22, 1788 to April 30, 1789



George Washington’s inauguration was on April 30, 1789

 

[lashicoN]

I didn't know that. Sad.

 

[CorvetteTom]

Thanks for the lesson!

 

[Lucas156]

Are you freakin kiddin me? I cannot believe I did not know this!! Im actually baffled!

 

[ghunter]

Pretty cool. I bet the arguments they had about what the constitution should say were much more candid and entertaining than what they wrote for public view. Oh, to be a 200+ year old fly on the wall.

 

[Ogre]

Kinda like Purdue has a mens basketball national championship (1932), unfortunately the NCAA didn't have a sanctioned post season tournament until 1939.... Same thing, but not quite (unfortunately... GO PURDUE!)

 

[buckstopshere]

Wow! Very interesting read Rambone. I'm sure we've forgotten/lost more history through time than what is actually documented in today's books.

 

[XMil]

I hear guns used to be legal and pharmaceuticals were unregulated too! Who knew?

 

[lashicoN]

It's really just sad. We're a young country. Our history really isn't even that old. Imagine what else is out there, all over the world, lost and forgotten history.

 

[XMil]

It's really just sad. We're a young country. Our history really isn't even that old. Imagine what else is out there, all over the world, lost and forgotten history.

It is pretty sad on both counts. There was no shortage in history of people trying to erase other cultures from memory . God knows what went up in flames.

 

[jedi]

Good read it just all depends on where you start. As the article says Washington happen to be the "1st president" under the current constitution that we now recognize.

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[88GT]

I'm gonna be one of those guys and say "yeah? so?"

Don't get me wrong, as a student of history, I revel in this kind of stuff, putting the meat and bones to the skin-deep coverage we normally get. But aside from the "that's interesting" aspect, I don't get it's importance.

And frankly, I'm not too concerned that it's not covered in schools. There's a finite amount of time and resources. We can't get the important things down, like our CURRENT form of government and how it's supposed to operate. I'm not all that worried that our children aren't intimately aware with what amounts to an interim form of governance with no practical relevance to today's reality.

 

[rambone]

I'm gonna be one of those guys and say "yeah? so?"

Don't get me wrong, as a student of history, I revel in this kind of stuff, putting the meat and bones to the skin-deep coverage we normally get. But aside from the "that's interesting" aspect, I don't get it's importance.

And frankly, I'm not too concerned that it's not covered in schools. There's a finite amount of time and resources. We can't get the important things down, like our CURRENT form of government and how it's supposed to operate. I'm not all that worried that our children aren't intimately aware with what amounts to an interim form of governance with no practical relevance to today's reality.

I'd say its no more relevant than learning about any of the other presidents from 1790-1913, besides Lincoln. They are all just a bunch of names with marginal relevance to today, aren't they? I would have liked to hear this information mentioned, at least in passing.

And like you said, they can't even nail down the basics. How worthless.

 

[Disposable Heart]

I'd say its no more relevant than learning about any of the other presidents from 1790-1913, besides Lincoln. They are all just a bunch of names with marginal relevance to today, aren't they?

What else are we going to name middle and high schools after?

 

[SavageEagle]

I have to say, I was aware there was a "President" during the AoC, but wasn't aware who, or that there were others before the AoC. Very interesting to know that John Jay was one of them. Anyway, like Rambone said, it would be nice if things like this were at least acknowledged in school. They spend 12 years learning English, which never really sticks anyway, I'm sure they could condense the English lessons and make room for things that really matter.