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First President of the United States debate explodes
The piece argues over whether George Washington or John Hanson held the true presidential title. It cites Dr. Edmund Burnett’s view that Hanson was not the first President of the United States, as the office did not exist until the 1787 constitution.
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Continental Congress
Thomas McKean
William Thornton
George Washington
United States
Washington
Edmund C. Burnett
Division of Historical Research
Carnegie Institute of Washington
Doctor Burnett
Carnegie Institution
John Hanson
Congress
Hanson
Peyton Randolph
Cyrus Griffin
Maryland
New Jersey
Delaware
Daniel Carroll
Samuel Huntington
Connecticut
Huntington
Samuel Johnston
North Carolina
Johnston
McKean
John Harison
Burnett
Gore
Congress of the United States