George Washington was the first President of the United States. But there were "Presidents of Congress" both before and after the Articles of Confederation. These 14 men were "presiding officers", not chief executives of the country (Washington was the first).
Presidents of Congress (September 5, 1774 - November 5, 1781)
1. Peyton Randolph (twice)
2. Henry Middleton
3. John Hancock (see below)
4. Henry Laurens
5. John Jay
6. Samuel Huntington
7. Thomas McKean
Presidents under the Articles of Confederation ( November 5, 1781 - November 15, 1788)
1. John Hanson
2. Elias Boudinot
3. Thomas Mifflin
4. Richard Henry Lee
5. John Hancock
6. Nathaniel Gorham
7. Arthur St. Clair
8. Cyrus Griffin
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He didn't. The Monticello Convention of 1852 chose that name. They wanted to have at least one state named after a president. George Washington had been dead for over 50 years before the state was named. Oddly, the first choice of names was "Columbia", but it was felt that it would be confused with the "District of Columbia", so it was named Washington instead, in 1852. It did not become an official state until 1889.
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George Washington and King George III were both leaders during the American Revolutionary War, with Washington leading the American forces and King George III leading the British forces. Both men held positions of power and authority within their respective governments. Additionally, both were seen as symbols of their nations during this tumultuous period in history.
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George Washington, thomas jeferson , Abraham Lincoln
First-generation ballistic submarines were mostly named after famous Amrericans, which included U.S. presidents. The first in the class was named after President George Washington, which also gave name to the class. Fleet Ballistic Missile subs bore Presidential names such as George Washington. Fleet Ballistic Missile subs bore Presidential names such as George Washington.
George Washington: 1789John Adams: 1797Thomas Jefferson: 1801
George Washington 1722, John Adams 1735, Thomas Jefferson 1743.
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The first four were George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison. The four latest (before Barack Obama) were Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush. The four on Mount Rushmore are George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln.
From left to right, they show US presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln.
Mount Rushmore shows the faces of (From left to right) George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln.
The four American presidents whose likenesses are carved on Mount Rushmore are: George Washington Thomas Jefferson Theodore Roosevelt Abraham Lincoln
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