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Was George Washington the first United States president
The article argues over who truly was the first president, rejecting claims that John Hanson or other Continental Congress presidents held the office. It states Washington, as defined by the Constitution, was the first president of the United States, stressing the difference between presidents of the Congress and the presidential office created in 1787.
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Elmo Scott Watson
Thomas McKean
William Thornton
George Washington
United States
Continental Congress
Washington
Edmund C. Burnett
Division of Historical Research
Carnegie Institute of Washington
Doctor Burnett
Carnegie Institution
George ‘Washington
John Hanson
Congress
Hanson
Peyton
Randolph
Cyrus
Griffin
Maryland
New Jersey
Delaware
Daniel Carroll
Samuel Huntington
Connecticut
Huntington
Samuel Johnston
North Carolina
Johnston
McKean
Burnet
Actus
George