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04/13/2004: "John Hanson"

John Hanson, American Revolutionary leader and president under the U.S. Articles of Confederation, was born on this day in 1721.

A member of the Maryland Assembly (1757-79), he represented Maryland in the Continental Congress (1780-82). On Nov. 5, 1781, he was elected by the Continental Congress "President of the United States in Congress Assembled," an office he held for one year. He is sometimes referred to as "the first president of the United States," but he was a congressional presiding officer and had none of the powers of the president under the Constitution.



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