John Hanson was the president before George Washington and did not have a V.P.
It was George W. Bush if Obama is still in office. He was president from 2000 thru 2008.george bushBarack obama but if u mean before him george w. bushGeorge W. Bush was the last president before Obama.
establish a government and respect for the office of the presidency.
George Washington
He was the first elected President, several men held the office of President before him but none of them were elected.
before he was president he was working a LOT . well not working having FUN
Ulysses S. Grant
Executive office of the president
All presidents have been elected to some government office, but Gerald Ford was the only one who was never elected as vice president or president. He did serve as a congressman, but was appointed, not elected, as vice president by Richard Nixon and took office after Nixon's resign without election.
Zachary Taylor, Woodrow Wilson, Jimmy Carter, and Bill Clinton had no experience at living in Washington before they were President. Eisenhower had a military appointment there but was not in office. Grant, Hoover, and Taft had cabinet posts but did not hold elected office. George W. Bush lived in White House while his father was President but had no official position. The others all served in Congress or were vice-presidents before they were President. George Washington never lived in Washington but had prior experience in government.
The President of the United States holds the highest office in the US government
Nobody, not even George Washington. Everybody knows that because George Washington was President in 1789. While the previous answer is correct on saying there wasn't a president at the time, the answer lacks in the history of the office of the president. The first person elected to the office was Peyton Randolph in 1774 under the Continental Congress. He left office a month later, to come back and be re-elected four days later. There were 6 men who also held the office while the Continental Congress existed, to include people who are famous in history for other things. One example would be John Hancock. When an actual government system was established, it was done so under the Articles of Confederation. Under said articles, there were another 7 men who held the office of president. The list of men included Elias Boudinot from Maryland and John Hancock (again) from Massachusetts. Under both the Continental Congress and the Articles of Confederation the office was held for a year at a time. The shortest term was, as you might guess, four days by Henry Middleton when Peyton Randolph took leave back to Virginia during his term. Most historians consider John Hanson to be the first President of the United States because Peyton Randolph, and others in the Continental Congress held the office before a government system was in place. Either way, George Washington was the 8th or 14th.