Ren Allen

I think it would be more accurate to say that Hanson was the first
leader of the United States. Our country was named, he was elected.
That makes him the first leader in my book.
The position did not have the same power or significance at that
time...our current constitution was not drafted yet.

"The failure of the Articles of Confederation led to calls for
establishment of a centralized federal government with much broader
powers than the Congress of the Confederacy, a task accomplished
through the drafting and ratification of a new Constitution in
1787-88. It was this Constitution, not the Articles of Confederation,
that created the office of a chief executive as part of a truly
federal government for the United States — an office bearing the title
"President of the United States of America" and first filled by George
Washington, unanimously selected as the first President in February 1789."


I just find it interesting that our country was founded, 8 leaders
elected to govern the main branch of government at the time and yet
were never mentioned in my U.S. History classes in school.

Not a very in-depth look at our history in my opinion. George
Washington was the first president under our current
constitution...but he was the 9th elected leader of our country.

Ren
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