No one. That was the problem.
In 1777 they did not have a president, Washington was elected in '89
In 1777 they did not have a president, Washington was elected in '89
John Adam Treutlen was the first governor of Georgia elected in 1777. He took a break from statewide politic when he was proceeded by the newly elected governor John Houstoun, in January 1778.
John Hancock was president of the Continental Congress from May 1775 to October 1777. He voted for, and was the first delegate to sign, the Declaration of Independence. In 1788, he was elected president of the Massachusetts State Convention to ratify the new Federal Constitution.[above courtesy of Answers.com]
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No. There was no United States in 1777. The Revolutionary War was going on. Lincoln was not yet born.
What I know is that he was a veteran from the war and was the first African American to be elected into public office.
The first national government was the Second Continental Congress. It raised funds and coordinated the activities of the various colonies during the Revolutionary War. The "Articles of Confederation" was not a government but a document, drafted in 1777. They effectively governed the practices of the Congress even before their ratification in 1781. Under the Articles, the US government consisted of only one federal institution - a congress in which each state received just one vote. It was led by an officer they called "a President." Congress had the power to oversee the military. John Hancock was the President of this congress from May 24, 1775 to October 31, 1777. The Articles of Confederation were replaced by the US Constitution, which was ratified in June, 1788. The following year, the first President of the United States, George Washington, took office.
William McMillan - college president - was born in 1777.
John Adam Treutlen (1733-1782) was the first governor of Georgia in 1777.
John Adam Treutlen (1733-1782) was the first governor of Georgia in 1777.