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President of the United States of America (USA)
The first president of the united States was not George Washington.
Washington was the first president under the Constitution of June 21,
1788, ratified by 1790.
The first constitution of the USA was titled "Articles of
Confederation" and was in force between 1781 and 1788. It created a
single house of Congress and no executive - but for one year during
this period (1781-2, John Hanson served as "President of US in
Congress Assembled" - or, in short, President of the United States. He
was elected by his peers, including George Washington.
Hanson was followed by Elias Boudinot (1783), Thomas Mifflin (1784),
Richard Henry Lee (1785), Nathan Gorman (1786), Arthur St. Clair
(1787), and Cyrus Griffin (1788).
Washington was the EIGHTH president of the USA.
http://www.marshallhall.org/hanson.html
http://www.stamponhistory.com/people/hanson.html
Many of the features of the American presidency are fairly recent.
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