Because people voted for him.
John Hancock was never a president. He was the governor of Massachusetts though, he died on his ninth term.
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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John Hancock was the first President of the First Continental Congress.
john Hancock wasn't a president
John Hancock was known for his signiture on the declaration of indapendence in which he signed first and largest. He was the president of the contanental congress and elected George Washington to lead the patriots in the revalutionary war. Now some people call a signiture a John Hancock
No John Hancock's son was not the first president... For clarity, the first president of the United States of America was George Washington. However, John Hancock did serve as president of the Second Continental Congress and was the first and third Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
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He as the President of the Massachusetts Provincial Congress.