What is the date the first president of the united states was decided?

Answer 1

George Washington was not the first President of the United States.

There were actually SEVEN presidents before George Washington. They are known to history as the "Presidents under the Articles of Confederation" and had the official title of "President of the United States in Congress Assembled."


The first was John Hanson (1781-82), and the next six presidents were Elias Boudinot (1783), Thomas Mifflin (1784), Richard Henry Lee (1785), Nathan Gorman (1786), Arthur St. Clair (1787), and Cyrus Griffin (1788).

There were actually sixteen Presidents of the Continental Congress, but John Hanson, the ninth, was the first to serve as President under the Articles of Confederation and the first to hold the title "President of the United States."

Answer 2

4 Feb 1789, elected by vote of the electors
6 Apr 1789, electoral votes counted and election of Washington proclaimed
14 Apr 1789, Washington is notified of his election and responds, accepting the election, on that day [1]
30 Apr 1789, sworn in, balcony of Federal Hall, New York City

Answer 3

Samuel Huntington
March 1st, 1781