Peyton Randolph

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Peyton Randolph was the first President of the Continental Congress, and served in his home state of Virginia as the Speaker of the House of Burgesses.

He passed away shortly after having dinner with Thomas Jefferson, who stayed with him in his final hours.^[1]

References

↑ Thomas Jefferson: Westward the Course of Empire

v • d • e Presidents of the Continental Congress

First Continental Congress	Peyton Randolph (1774) • Henry Middleton (1774)

Second Continental Congress	Peyton Randolph (1774) • John Hancock (1775 - 1777) • Henry Laurens (1777 - 1778) • John Jay (1778 - 1779) • Samuel Huntington (1779 - 1781)

Confederation Congress	Samuel Huntington (1779 - 1781) • Thomas McKean (1781) • John Hanson (1781 - 1782) • Elias Boudinot (1782 - 1783) • Thomas Mifflin (1783 - 1784) • Richard Henry Lee (1784 - 1785) • John Hancock (1785 - 1786) • Nathaniel Gorham (1786 - 1787) • Arthur St. Clair (1787) • Cyrus Griffin (1788)

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