President of the Continental Congress

The president of the United States in Congress Assembled, also called as the president of the Continental Congress and also the president of the Congress of the Confederation, was the presiding officer in the Continental Congress. The Continental Congress was the convention of people in Philadelphia. They met to make the first transitional government of the United States. This was during the American Revolution. The president was a member of Congress elected by the members of the congress. The president would be a discussion moderator in the meetings. This position did not have much power. The office was also unrelated to the President of the United States.

President of the United States in Congress Assembled
Seal of the president of the Congress
Continental Congress
Style	Mr. President (informal) The Honorable (formal)
Status	Presiding officer
Appointer	Vote within the Congress
Formation	September 5, 1774 (1774-09-05)
First holder	Peyton Randolph
Final holder	Cyrus Griffin
Abolished	November 2, 1788 (1788-11-02)

14 men were the president of Congress from September 1774 to November 1788. They came from nine of the original 13 states: Virginia (3), Massachusetts (2), Pennsylvania (2), South Carolina (2), Connecticut, (1), Delaware (1), Maryland (1), New Jersey (1), and New York (1).

List of presidents

Terms and backgrounds of the 14 men who were the president of the Continental Congress:

Portrait	Name	State/colony	Term	Length	Previous position
[[File:|100px|Peyton Randolph]]	Randolph, PeytonPeyton Randolph (1721–1775)	Virginia	01 September 5, 1774 – October 22, 1774	47 days	Speaker of the Virginia House of Burgesses
[[File:|100px|Henry Middleton]]	Middleton, HenryHenry Middleton (1717–1784)	South Carolina	02 October 22, 1774 – October 26, 1774	4 days	Speaker, S.C. Commons House of Assembly
[[File:|100px|Peyton Randolph]]	Randolph, PeytonPeyton Randolph (1721–1775)	Virginia	03 May 10, 1775 – May 24, 1775	14 days	Speaker of the Virginia House of Burgesses
[[File:|100px|John Hancock]]	Hancock, JohnJohn Hancock (1737–1793)	Massachusetts	04 May 24, 1775 – October 29, 1777	2 years, 158 days	President, Massachusetts Provincial Congress
[[File:|100px|Henry Laurens]]	Laurens, HenryHenry Laurens (1724–1792)	South Carolina	05 November 1, 1777 – December 9, 1778	1 year, 38 days	President, S.C. Provincial Congress, Vice President, S.C.
[[File:|100px|John Jay]]	Jay, JohnJohn Jay (1745–1829)	New York	06 December 10, 1778 – September 28, 1779	292 days	Chief Justice New York Supreme Court
[[File:|100px|Samuel Huntington]]	Huntington, SamuelSamuel Huntington (1731–1796)	Connecticut	07 September 28, 1779 – July 10, 1781	1 year, 285 days	Associate Judge, Connecticut Superior Court
[[File:|100px|Thomas McKean]]	McKean, ThomasThomas McKean (1734–1817)	Delaware	08 July 10, 1781 – November 5, 1781	118 days	Chief Justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court
[[File:|100px|John Hanson]]	Hanson, JohnJohn Hanson (1721–1783)	Maryland	09 November 5, 1781 – November 4, 1782	364 days	Maryland House of Delegates
[[File:|100px|Elias Boudinot]]	Boudinot, EliasElias Boudinot (1740–1821)	New Jersey	10 November 4, 1782 – November 3, 1783	364 days	Commissary of Prisoners for the Continental Army
[[File:|100px|Thomas Mifflin]]	Mifflin, ThomasThomas Mifflin (1744–1800)	Pennsylvania	11 November 3, 1783 – June 3, 1784	213 days	Quartermaster General of Continental Army, Board of War
[[File:|100px|Richard Henry Lee]]	Lee, RichardRichard Henry Lee (1732–1794)	Virginia	12 November 30, 1784 – November 4, 1785	339 days	Virginia House of Burgesses
[[File:|100px|John Hancock]]	Hancock, JohnJohn Hancock (1737–1793)	Massachusetts	13 November 23, 1785 – June 5, 1786	194 days	Governor of Massachusetts
[[File:|100px|Nathaniel Gorham]]	Gorham, NathanielNathaniel Gorham (1738–1796)	Massachusetts	14 June 6, 1786 – February 2, 1787	241 days	Board of War
[[File:|100px|Arthur St. Clair]]	St.Clair, ArthurArthur St. Clair (1737–1818)	Pennsylvania	15 February 2, 1787 – November 4, 1787	275 days	Major General, Continental Army
[[File:|100px|Cyrus Griffin]]	Griffin, CyrusCyrus Griffin (1748–1810)	Virginia	16 January 22, 1788 – November 2, 1788	298 days	Judge, Virginia Court of Appeals

President Of The Continental Congress Media

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  Drawing of the original 1782 Great Seal of the United States

Related pages

• Founding Fathers of the United States

Works cited

• Burnett, Edmund Cody (1941). The Continental Congress. New York City, New York: Norton. OCLC 1467233.
• Ellis, Richard J. (1999). [President of the Continental Congress at Google Books Founding the American Presidency]. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 0-8476-9499-2. OCLC 40856998. {{cite book}}: Check |url= value (help)
• Fowler, William M. Jr. (1980). [President of the Continental Congress at Google Books The Baron of Beacon Hill: A Biography of John Hancock]. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. ISBN 0-395-27619-5. OCLC 5493800. {{cite book}}: Check |url= value (help)
• Jillson, Calvin C.; Wilson, Rick K. (1994). [President of the Continental Congress at Google Books Congressional Dynamics: Structure, Coordination, and Choice in the First American Congress, 1774–1789]. Palo Alto, California: Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-2293-5. OCLC 28963682. {{cite book}}: Check |url= value (help)
• Morris, Richard B. (1987). [President of the Continental Congress at Google Books The Forging of the Union, 1781–1789]. New York City, New York: Harper & Row. ISBN 978-0060157333. OCLC 1005621076. {{cite book}}: Check |url= value (help)
• Sanders, Jennings Bryans (1930). [President of the Continental Congress at Google Books The Presidency of the Continental Congress, 1774-89: A Study in American Institutional History]. Chicago. OCLC 492768915. {{cite book}}: Check |url= value (help)

Other websites

• Presidentsusa.net articles – "Other" Presidents Archived 2019-07-30 at the Wayback Machine
• United States House of Representatives article – The Articles of Confederation