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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 American icons of the Revolutionary period -- Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Franklin, [and] others -- looked to John Hanson as the one [who] twice saved the nation and also to Hanson's way ...
October 19 – American Revolution: Following the Siege of Yorktown, General Cornwallis surrenders to General George Washington at Yorktown, Virginia, ending the armed struggle of the American Revolution. November 5 – John Hanson is elected President of the Continental Congress.
John Tyler was the first vice president to assume the presidency during a presidential term, and set the precedent that a vice president who does so becomes the fully functioning president with their own administration. [10] Throughout most of its history, American politics has been dominated by political parties. The Constitution is silent on ...
The claim: John Hanson was the first Black president of the United States. In the past few years, multiple social media posts have declared John Hanson, not Barack Obama, as the first Black ...
First president to be elected despite losing his states of birth and residence. [ai] [123] First president to be nominated by his party as a dark horse. [124] First president not to seek re-election upon the completion of his one term. [125] First president to die before reaching the age of 60. [aj] [122] First president to predecease a parent ...
John Hanson by Charles Willson Peale, circa 1781. Hanson served as President of Congress from November 5, 1781 to November 4, 1782. He was the first elected President according to the procedures under the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union.
Of the individuals elected president of the United States, four died of natural causes while in office (William Henry Harrison, [1] Zachary Taylor, [2] Warren G. Harding [3] and Franklin D. Roosevelt), four were assassinated (Abraham Lincoln, [4] James A. Garfield, [4] [5] William McKinley [6] and John F. Kennedy) and one resigned from office ...