Who was the first US President?

George Washington ... unless this is a trick question ~

Sooz

Depends who you ask.
Ever heard of John Hanson?

Hanson is sometimes called the first president of the United States, but this is a misnomer, since the presidency did not exist as an executive position separate from Congress until the federal Constitution created the role upon its ratification in 1789.

So the US didn't exist until 1789?

the presidency did not exist as an executive position separate from Congress

What is it with you Canucks? Wanna fight? Want to burn the White House again?

LOL!

it was hella fun the first time, doncha know?

So you're saying President Hanson was a non-president? that he doesn't count because they changed the job description?

I think they're saying, if i'm reading it right, that he was more of a prime minister. Head of the elected house--which would make sense, because that is the form of government they would have originally inherited from the british--just without the king. Then they created the executive branch without the king. Is that right? was hanson originally leader of the majority in the house, the way our prime minister is?

OK,

Named a delegate to the Continental Congress in 1779, Hanson served in that body from 1780 to 1782, including a term as the president of Congress (a position similar to that of prime minister in the British Parliament) from 1781 to 1782, during which time the Articles of Confederation were finally ratified and General George Washington defeated the British army at Yorktown, Virginia. Upon the ratification of the Articles on March 1, 1781, the Continental Congress became the "Congress of the Confederation" or the "United States in Congress Assembled." Hanson was the first president of that body, but not of the United States.

Then it goes back to the United States not existing until 1789. You can't have it both ways.

i am good with that. the preamble is our founding document.