I was told that George Washington was not the first president, then who was?

Answer 1

How many George Ws can America afford by the way?
look for better alternates.

Answer 2

George Washington was the 1st president of the United States.

Answer 3

Actually Samuel Huntington was not the first President of the United States, George Washington was. Huntington was the first President of the United States in Congress assembled, which is just like the present day speaker of the house.

Answer 4

Ok this gets complicated. If you want to be VERY specific, then no he was not. Samuel Huntington was elected President of the United States in Congress Assembled when the Articles of Confederation were ratified on March 1, 1781. Huntington Served from September 28, 1779 to July 6, 1781, thereby making him the first president; as it were.

However, when the Articles of Confederation were scrapped in favour of a new document (the U.S. Constitution) A new "official" president needed to be elected. With the only unanimous vote, George Washington was elected as the first president of the United States.

Answer 5

Unless somebody has found some kind of document to dispute the ones we presently have (which are quite numerous, and pretty definitive in their statements of historical fact), as far as I know, George Washington was the first president of the United States. There were other presidents of things like the Continental Congresses (for instance, John Hancock was the president of the Second Continental Congress), but that was a position that was a lot more like Speaker of the House of Representatives than President of the United States.

Answer 6

Under the articles of confederation, which preceeded the constitutional convention,eight men were selected to serve one year terms as president . The first was John Hanson. whose exact title was "President of the united states in congress assembled." He approved the great seal of the united states, and helped establish the u.s. treasury dept. 1781.

Answer 7

I heard that too... if there is somebody else, it's probably forgotten but known that there was one, but Washington got credit instead.
I'm just guessing though.

Answer 8

*Starts singing*

Washington
Adams
Jefferson
Madison
Monroe
Adams...

Nope, it was Washington.

-Aztec276

Answer 9

You'll have to let the rest of the US know about this new finding...Your going to be famous...lol

Answer 10

you know what messed up is many of us never heard the name samuel hunington that should be in our history books