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John Hanson (April 14 [O.S. April 3] 1721 – November 15, 1783) was an American Founding Father, merchant, and politician from Maryland during the Revolutionary Era.In 1779, Hanson was elected as a delegate to the Continental Congress after serving in a variety of roles for the Patriot cause in Maryland.
The myth surrounding the first U.S. president confuses two historical figures named John Hanson, one Black and the other white. The John Hanson who was Black was a former slave from Maryland who ...
John Hanson (died c. 1860) was an African American politician in Liberia. He served in Colonial Council and as a senator from Grand Bassa County following Liberia's independence in 1847. He was born into slavery, but he purchased his freedom and emigrated from Baltimore to Liberia at age thirty-six. [ 2 ]
President Barack Obama, who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017, had an African father and an American mother of mostly European ancestry. [1] [2] His father, Barack Obama Sr. (1936–1982), [3] was a Luo Kenyan [4] from Nyang'oma Kogelo, Kenya. [5]
Mostly forgotten, but equally important, John Hanson was the first president of the Continental Congress following the ratification of the Articles of Confederation.
john hanson is a white man! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.238.170.34 (talk • contribs) 12:08, May 10, 2007. Yes, John Hanson was Black, in fact he was the first Black President, actually the first President period with six other Black Presidents to follow. George Washington was the 8th president.
Fictional senator Laine Hanson ... assassination of President John F. Kennedy, ... This black-and-white film directed and co-written by George Clooney is set during one of the darkest periods in ...
President John Hanson wanted to resign after only a week in office, but Congress lacked a quorum to select a successor, and so he stayed on. [7] President Thomas Mifflin found it difficult to convince the states to send enough delegates to Congress to ratify the 1783 Treaty of Paris. [19]