The United States
declared its independence on July 4, 1776. George Washington didn't
become president until 1789.Who (or what) ran the country during those
years?
Congress—first the Continental Congress and then later the Confederation Congress—was always moderated by a duly elected president. As the chief executive officer of the government of the United States, the president was recognized as the head of state. Washington was thus the fifteenth in a long line of distinguished presidents—and he led the seventeenth administration—he just happened to be the first under the current constitution. So who were the luminaries who preceded him? The following brief biographies profile these "forgotten presidents."
Peyton Randolph of Virginia (1723-1775)
Henry Middleton (1717-1784)
John Hancock (1737-1793) was the one that signed the Declaration of
Independence.
Henry Laurens (1724-1792)
John Jay (1745-1829)
Samuel Huntington (1732-1796)
Nathaniel Gorham (1738-1796)
Arthur St. Clair (1734-1818)
Cyrus Griffin (1736-1796)
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