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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> | + | '''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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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. [1] He is sometimes incorrectly called the first president of the United States--he was merely the presiding officer of Congress.