The Forgotten First Presidents
If there’s one thing you can count on an American knowing about U.S. history, it’s that George Washington became the first President of the United States in 1789. But that leaves a 13-year gap between when the United States declared its independence in 1776 and when Washington accepted the highest office in the land. Meanwhile, during that period, 14 men held the office of President.
While the rules were different, the contributions of the forgotten 14 Congressional Presidents deserve to be remembered. They played vital roles representing nine of the original 13 states and their signatures are all over some of the most important foundational documents of the United States. But it’s not about them individually, it’s about the forgotten position in which they served during that odd period leading up to the signing of the Constitution, when Americans had to figure out what they had to do and what is was like to administer a nation. Here’s more from The History Guy.
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