John Hanson / Elias Boudinot / Thomas Mifflin

the first three presidents of the United States

Many people think this nation started in 1776. In that year we only declared our independence. We still had to fight and win our independence. We established our own government in 1781. But George Washington didn't become president until 1789, when The Consitution came into effect. We had eight presidents under The Articles Of Confederation.


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John Hanson	November 5, 1781	November 3, 1782
Elias Boudinot	November 4, 1782	November 2, 1783
Thomas Mifflin	November 3, 1783	November 29, 1784
Richard Henry Lee	November 30, 1784	November 22, 1785
John Hancock	November 23, 1785	June 5, 1786
Nathaniel Gorham	June 6, 1786	February 1, 1787
Arthur St. Clair	February 2, 1787	January 21, 1788
Cyrus Griffin	January 22, 1788	April 30, 1789

The Declaration Of Independence was signed on July 4, 1776. The Articles Of Confederation were ratified on March 1, 1781. The Constitution was signed on September 17, 1787.