jonesthecurl wrote:jonesthecurl wrote:Actually it was Arnie - he travelled back in time to protect Llincoln from his assassination, overshot the mark, and ended up running the country.
...but what about Samuel Huntingdon? A bit of googling suggests that that is the name I'd forgotten.
first continental congress
Peyton Randolph (September 5, 1774 – October 21, 1774)
Henry Middleton (October 22, 1774 – October 26, 1774)
The following men served as the president of the Second Continental Congress:
Peyton Randolph (May 10, 1775 – May 23, 1775)
John Hancock (May 24, 1775 – October 31, 1777)
Henry Laurens (November 1, 1777 – December 9, 1778)
John Jay (December 10, 1778 – September 27, 1779)
Samuel Huntington (September 28, 1779 – March 1, 1781)
Samuel Huntington (March 1, 1781– July 9, 1781)
Thomas McKean (July 10, 1781–November 4, 1781)
John Hanson (November 5, 1781– November 3, 1782)
Elias Boudinot (November 4, 1782– November 2, 1783)
Thomas Mifflin (November 3, 1783– October 31, 1784)
Richard Henry Lee (November 30, 1784– November 6, 1785)
John Hancock (November 23, 1785– May 29, 1786)
Nathaniel Gorham (June 6, 1786– November 5, 1786)
Arthur St. Clair (February 2, 1787– November 4, 1787)
Cyrus Griffin (January 22, 1788– November 2, 1788)
yes this is the order of the presidents under the articals of confederation. so this is the our all our leaders john hancook is no where near the top sorry. also jones yes samuel huntington did serve before john hanson as you can see by the dates. however you must take into account that we were still fighting the british when this he was in office. we had not won our independance from them yet not unil jone hanson when british formal acnoleged our freedom and us as a state. also if you want to be tecniacal you could say that penton randulf would be the first since he was the first under the contiantial convention the very first one. ok there it is for you all to see