Show GREAT BUT NEVER CHIEF executives lon long list of presidents 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 bu inese of the united states was conducted ly by a provision nl ni government the authority of which haq aa centered in the constitutional engross between the organization of tile the continental congress in 1771 1774 and the establishment of the constitutional government that congress had six teen residents presidents put but none of the presidents of the continental con n gross gress had the title of president of the lie united states the Pre president Adent of alie lie continental congress correspond corre corresponded spon el roughly in his functions to the vice ce president of the he present government the president of the senate ile he had some powers delegated to him from time to lo time beyond those of the presiding officer of a legislative body here Is a list of the presidents of the continental congress with the date of the election of each peyton randolph of vir virginia binl a sep lember it i 1784 henry middleton south arolina Cr olina october 22 1771 peyton randolph Han dolph ogain again slay lay a 10 1775 john hancock ancock II of massachi Mass Mag achu may hay 21 24 1771 1775 henry laurens south carolina november 1 3 1777 jolin john lay new york december 10 1778 samuel huntington Connect i cut september 23 28 1779 mckenn mckean delaware tilly july 10 1781 john hanson maryland november 5 1781 elias boudinot new jersey november 4 1781 2 thomas MilT lin pennsylvania november 3 1793 it II 11 lee virginia november 00 0 1 john hanchel n again ain november 23 1785 nathan lel lei gorham massachusetts june 6 arthur st clair pennsylvania february 2 1787 cyrus byrua chiffin CrIff in pennsylvania Venn sylvania january 22 02 it was as president of the conti cental congress that john hancock was the first signer of the declara of 0 independence cle eland main dealer |