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'''John Hanson''' (1715 - 1783) was a delegate from Maryland to the [[Continental Congress]] from 1780-1782 and a signer of the [[Articles of Confederation]].  A long-time politician in Maryland, he was a member of the State senate from 1757-1773, and a delegate to the General Congress at Annapolis in 1774.  Hanson was elected President of the Continental Congress on November 5, 1781.     <ref>http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000177</ref>  He is sometimes incorrectly called the first president of the United States--he was merely the presiding officer of Congress.

'''John Hanson''' (1715 - 1783) was a delegate from Maryland to the [[Continental Congress]] from 1780-1782 and a signer of the [[Articles of Confederation]].  A long-time politician in Maryland, he was a member of the State senate from 1757-1773, and a delegate to the General Congress at Annapolis in 1774.  Hanson was elected President of the Continental Congress on November 5, 1781.<ref>http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000177</ref>  He is sometimes incorrectly called the first president of the United States—he was merely the presiding officer of Congress.

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