Was John Hancock was elected president in 1785 but never showed up for the job?

Answer 1

...yes he was the thirteenth president of the united states and he was the president of the continential congress
Actually... Millard Fillmore was the thirteenth President of the United States, not John Hancock. John Hancock served only as President of the Second Continental Congress, the governing body of the original colonies. They presided throughout the term of the Revolutionary War and the writing and signing of the Declaration of Independence.

Answer 2

No, he was the 2nd President of the Second Continental Congress and the 7th President of the United States in Congress Assembled. This takes nothing away from him as a founding father, his importance in the Revolutionary Period of the US will always exist, both for his participation and for his leadership.

Yes, John Hancock was the first US President. The USA was born on July 4th, 1776 not April 30, 1789 when George Washington was inaugurated. John Hancock signed his name large on the Declaration of Independence not because he was making fun of King George's eyesight, but because he was the leader of the newly declared (u)nited States of America.

Answer 3

...yes he was the thirteenth president of the united states and he was the president of the continential congress
Actually... Millard Fillmore was the thirteenth president of the United States, not John Hancock. John Hancock served only as President of the Second Continental Congress, the governing body of the original colonies. They presided throughout the term of the Revolutionary War and the writing and signing of the Declaration of Independence.

Answer 4

No, John Hancock was Seventh President of the United States in Congress Assembled November 23, 1785 to June 5, 1786.

He presided over the Second Congressional Congress which passed the Declaration of Independence in 1776, before the Constitution existed.

Answer 5

Yes he did want to be president

Answer 6

True.