President of the Continental Congress

Largely ceremonial position under the Articles of Confederation

11 dated entries naming President of the Continental Congress, drawn from 9 separate years between 1721 CE and 1810 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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18th century

  • 1721April 14 – John Hanson, President of the Continental Congress of America (d. 1783)source
  • 1721September 10 – Peyton Randolph, 1st and 3rd President of the Continental Congress (d. 1775)source
  • 1749July 16 – Cyrus Griffin, last American President of the Continental Congress (d. 1810)source
  • 1778December 10 – John Jay of New York is chosen as the sixth President of the Continental Congress.source
  • 1779September 28 – Samuel Huntington is elected as the seventh President of the Continental Congress.source
  • 1781November 5 – John Hanson is elected President of the Continental Congress.source
  • 1783November 15 – John Hanson, American President of the Continental Congress (b. 1721)source
  • 1784January 14 – The Congress of the United States ratifies the Treaty of Paris with Great Britain to end the American Revolution, with the signature of President of Congress Thomas Mifflin.source
  • 1788January 22 – The Congress of the Confederation, effectively a caretaker government until the United States Constitution can be ratified by at least nine of the 13 states, elects Cyrus Griffin as its last president.source
  • 1788November 15 – Cyrus Griffin of Virginia completes his service as the last President of the Congress of the Confederation, under the Articles of Confederation.source

19th century

  • 1810December 14 – Cyrus Griffin, last President of the Continental Congress (b. 1749)source

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