Who was the first President?

Question

was it john hanson? or was it george washington

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hanson_(myths)

Answer 1

He was the first president of the confederation statesw, but the first president of the United States was George Washington....

Answer 2

George Washington  

Answer 3

Dude, no offense or anything.  But "Don't you pay attention in school?"  Everyone United State citizen should know at least the first President of the United States.  

He was George Washington.  And he won by a unanimous vote.  

Answer 4

i'm sorry didn't you pay attention at school? who is on the quarter a little hint hint for ya.

Answer 5

Actually Samuel Huntington and Thomas McKean came before John Hanson, but they didnt serve a whole term like Hanson did. But they were the Presidents of the Confederate States. If you are talking about the United States then it is George Washington

Answer 6

The most common myth about Hanson was that he was the first President of the United States.

The origin of the claim that Hanson is the "forgotten" first President stems from a 1932 book by Seymour Wemyss Smith titled John Hanson – Our First President. Officially Hanson was the third President of the Continental Congress, and he considered himself a successor to the first two men to hold the office, Samuel Huntington and Thomas McKean. He was the first to serve a full one-year term, and the first to formally use the title President of the United States in Congress Assembled.

The office of the President of the United States in Congress Assembled was, despite the name, not an executive post. It bears a closer resemblance to the modern Speaker of the United States House of Representatives or Vice President of the United States. The office was in existence from 1781 to 1788, under the Articles of Confederation, and was replaced by the modern office of President of the United States when the Constitution took effect in 1789. The modern office is significantly more powerful as an executive position.

Answer 7

it was Tsar Nicholas II, everyone should know that lol

Answer 8

Contrary to what the other historians have said, John Hanson was the first President of the United States under the Articles of Confederation.  The first President of the United States under the US Constitution was George Washington.  And, the ONLY president of the Confederate States was Jefferson Davis.

The United States was first given in a legal document on the Declaration of Independence, and we have been the United States ever since.

Answer 9

George Washington

Answer 10

no john hanson was not 1st pres. of either u.s. or the confederate states we only ever had one conf.president and that was jefferson davis! john hanson was 1st pres of the continental congress but George was the first pres. of the united states

Answer 11

John hanson was president of the continental Congress so in some ways yes he was the first president to lead the colonies but Washington was thr first president to lead the states.

Answer 12

George Washington...no duh