Show 1 l GREAT BUT NEVER NEVE R executives long list of presidents president of continental congress the first president of the united states was george washington that office was created by the constitution ution and he was the first man to occupy it before the adoption of the constitution the business of the united states was conducted by a provisional a government the authority of which was centered in the constitutional congress between the organization of the continental congress in 1774 and the establishment of the constitutional government that congress had sixteen presidents but none of the presidents of the continental Continent ni con coll gress had the title of president of the united states the president of the continental congress corresponded roughly in lils his functions to the vice president of the present government the president of the senate ile he had some powers delegated to him from time to time beyond th those of f the pre presiding aldIng officer of a leg legislative Is at ive body here Is a list of the presidents of the continental congress with the date of the election of each peyton randolph of Virgi sep ember 5 1784 henry middleton south carolinn carolina october 22 1774 peyton randolph Dg again ain may 10 1775 5 john hancock ancock II of Mass massachi achu may aray 24 1775 henry laurens south carolina november 3 1 1777 john jay new york december 10 1778 samuel huntington connecticut september 28 1770 1779 thomas mckean delaware july 10 1781 jo john hn hanson maryland november 5 1781 ellas elias Boua boudinot inot new jersey 14 november vember 4 1782 thomas mifflin pennsylvania november 3 1783 R H U lee virginia november 80 30 1784 john hancock again november 23 1785 nathan lel lei gorham massachusetts june 0 6 1780 1786 arthur stclair st claar pennsylvania february 2 cyrus GrIff ln pennsylvania january 22 1788 it was as president of the conti cental congress that john hancock was the first signer of the declara tion of independence cleveland plain dealer |