George Washington was not the 1st president of the United States.

The United States was established on July 4, 1776. George Washington was inaugurated president thirteen years later, on April 30, 1789. During the intervening years, the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia drew up the Articles of Confederation (the first American constitution). In 1781, Maryland representative John Hanson was elected the first president of the Congress of the Confederation. His official title was "president of the United States in Congress Assembled." After Hanson, seven other men served as president: Elias Boudinot, Thomas Mifflin, Richard Henry Lee, John Hancock, Nathaniel Gorham, Arthur St. Clair, and Cyrus Griffin. in 1787, Congress held a constitutional convention. The delegates wrote the current constitution, ratified by he states in 1788. The following year, the ratifying states elected Washington our nation's ninth president (but the first president under the new constitution).

I always heard it this way too, but Snopes says....

False

http://www.snopes.com/history/american/hanson.htm 

Snopes claims this as false only as a matter of there not being a United States of America at that time. However, according to the Articles of Confederation, Hanson was indeed the first president of the United States. Because the United States of America were technically formed yet, they can claim tht this is false. When taken at face value, Hanson was in fact the first president of the United States (President of the United States in Congress Assembled).

AHha, then Snopes is wrong. I like your version better anyway.

"Congress of the Confederation. His official title was "president of the United States in Congress Assembled.""

But NOT THEE President of the United States.. at which time there were only 13 colonies this Conferderation Congress had jurisdiction over

Later to be ratified as States under their own constitution initiated by The Constitution of the United States..

So George Was the First and Original President of the "United States" with how you are interpreting this.. Abraham Lincoln could also be considered First President after the Civil War because States were not united until after that war?

Hog

And where was the first capital in 1776???

I live in the only state named after a president.

Hanson, as President, ordered all foreign troops off American soil, as well as the removal of all foreign flags. This was quite a feat, considering the fact that so many European countries had a stake in the United States since the days following Columbus. Hanson established the Great Seal of the United States, which all Presidents have since been required to use on all official documents. President Hanson also established the first Treasury Department, the first Secretary of War, and the first Foreign Affairs Department. Lastly, he declared that the fourth Thursday of every November was to be Thanksgiving Day, which is still true today.

Misinformation. Better stick with Mao.

Thom,

Some guy just told you that you're giving out misinformation and that you should instead follow a dead tyrannt that killed millions of people. What gives?

1st Capitol _ York ,Pa.

Of course YOU would know it 🙂