Upon the March 1 ratification the President of the Continental Congress officially became President of the United States in Congress Assembled. John Hanson was the first President of the United States to serve the full one-year term (1781 82), under the ratified Articles of Confederation. However, the ratification occurred during the term of Samuel Huntington who served as President from September 28, 1779 to July 6, 1781.
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According to the poll, Ronald Reagan (at 35%) tops the list of the best president since WWII, with 18% saying Bill Clinton was best, followed by John F. Kennedy at 15% and Obama at 8%.
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After all, no one else comes to mind. But think back to your history books-George Washington is revered as the father of our country. He was not, however, our first president. Washington was the first president elected under the Constitution.
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Consequently, Samuel Huntington was the first President of the United States in Congress Assembled and was followed by Thomas McKean (July 10, 1781 to November 5, 1781), and John Hanson (the first President to serve the full term of one year-November 5, 1781 to November 4, 1782).
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Here's a look at the 44 presidents of the United States. George Washington, the first president (1789-1797).
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A new doctrine needed to be written-something we know as the Constitution. George Washington was definitely not the first President of the United States. He was the first President of the United States under the Constitution we follow today. And the first nine Presidents are forgotten in history.
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William Howard Taft was the only U.S. President in history who also became a Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. He was born into the wealthy Taft family. He graduated from Yale in 1878 and from Cincinnati Law School in 1880. He was elected as President in 1908.
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Follow @politicalticker Follow @psteinhausercnn. Obama at 41% approval in new CNN Poll of Polls; Congress at 14%. Thirty-three percent of people questioned in the poll say that Obama is the worst president since the Second World War, with 28% saying George W. Bush was the worst. Thirteen percent picked Richard Nixon, with 8% naming Jimmy Carter. Over the span of 69 years of American history and 12 presidencies, President Barack Obama finds himself with President George W. Bush at the bottom of the popularity barrel, said Tim Malloy, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Poll.
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Before his service as the 34th U.S. President, Eisenhower was a five-star general in the U.S. Army. During WW2 he served as Supreme Commander of Allied forces with responsibility for leading the victorious invasion of France and Germany in 1944 to 1945.
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Before becoming the 41st President of the U.S., George H. W. Bush served as the 43rd Vice President, an ambassador, a congressman, and Director of Central Intelligence. He served as a U.S. Navy aviator during World War II. After the war he attended and graduated from Yale in 1948.
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who is the president in the us
John Hanson is the president in the US.