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Question: How many presidents of the United states were there under the Articles of Confederation!?
I know that John Hanson was one, and he was the real first Black president of the United States, but who were the other presidents prior to the American Constitution!?!?!?Www@QuestionHome@Com


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* 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)
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You're confusing a few issues here!.

First, Hanson was not the first President of the United States of America!. The executive post which bears that title was not created until the ratification of the Constitution!. Hanson was the President (a position much closer, in terms of status and responsibilities, to the title Speaker of the House, today) of the United States in Congress Assembled!. The two titles are NOT interchangable!.

Secondly, Hanson was not black!.
Dick Gregory, comedian and black activist, publishes an on-line column called Global Watch!. In one of his columns he repeated most of the myths and added a new one, that John Hanson was the descendent of a black slave!.

There are two possible origins for this belief!. The first is that Hanson's grandfather, another John Hanson, was an early English immigrant to Maryland; as was common at the time, he worked as an indentured servant on his arrival in the New World!. In 1661, his first master, William Plumley, sold his contract to Edward Keene and recorded the contract with the court of Calvert County, Maryland; similar court records were also used to transfer title to land and slaves!. But, in six years, the immigrant John had worked his way out of debt, and a few years afterwards had purchased his own small farm!. There is no record that the grandfather was black, but if indentured servitude was confused with chattel slavery, it is easy to see where this belief would have appeared!.

Another may be a simple case of confusion with Senator John Hanson, a politician from Liberia, who was involved with the resettlement of freed slaves in that country!. Whilst this Hanson was indeed black, he also lived a hundred years too late!.



Please check the web site below!. It gives the names of the other Presidents under the Articles of Confederation, as well as a more detailed explanation of my point!.
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There was never a "President of the United States" during the Articles of Confederation!.

The current President of the United States!. Is both symbolic head of state (like the Queen of the United Kingdom) and executive head of government (like the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom) in one office!.!. In some countries, the President is just the head of state!.

Neither of these circumstances existed under the Articles!. The actual position was President of Congress!. This is similar to the Speaker of the House but with even less authority!. The position basically tried to run the meetings of congress in an orderly way!.

So, while the word President was used!. The person was not a symbol of unit or an executive authority!. They just presided over meetings of the congress!.

Hanson held the position, but he was not black!. If he were, at the very least, the entire Southern Delegation would have walked out!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

First of all John Hanson was never a president, so there has ot been a black president(Obama might be the first) The president (if there was one yet) was not participating in it!. The articles of confederation is a document that did not work out because the states had too much power and the central government was too weak!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

haha you are sooo wrong!.

he wasn't black and he wasn't "the president"
under the AoC there was only a Legislative branch of government!.
he was president of congress, a lot like the speaker of the house in todays government!.

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