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 == He wasn't the first president of the USA == 

 According to the book of general ignorance, Peyton Randolph was the first president of the united states 

 :Peyton Randolph. He was the first of fourteen pre-Washington Presidents of the Continental Congress or the 'United States in Congress Assembled'. The continental congress was the debating body formed by the thirteen colonies to formulate their complaints to the British Crown. In its second meeting, under Randolph, it resolved that Britain had declared war on the colonies, and, in response, created the Continental Army, appointing George Washington as its commander-in-chief. Randolph's successor, John Hancock, presided over the declaration of independence from Great Britain, where the Congress asserted its right to govern the 13 colonies. Peyton was followed by thirteen other Presidents until, on 30 April 1789, the triumphant George Washington was sworn in as Presdent of the independent United States of America  

 Thus, this article needs to be amended accordingly Thanks,   

  
 :Wrong.  '  
 ::*An explanation would be nice, the United States were originally the 13 founder states, and Washington was not the first guy to be president of them. And if your basing your argument on there not being fifty states at the time well there were nowhere near 50 in the 1780's. Its not called the book of general ignorance for nothing you know Thanks,   
 :::*Those early ""Presidents"" were more like Speakers of the House. Apples and oranges.  '  
 ::::*Nevertheless, they were still recognised as presidents over the independent states and therefore claiming George Washington was the first is slander Thanks,   

 :The source cited appears to be a compilation of trivia one may use to express a supposed lack of ""general ignorance"" still held by others. As Baseball Bugs has pointed out, despite application of the title ""president"", that prior role was analogous to a current Speaker of the House and not equivalent to the executive position of President of the United States, which George Washington held first. —  
 ::I think part of the confusion is the way we use the term President, to mean the chief executive of the nation. Think of countries which have both a ""President"" and a ""Premier"". The single President position under the Articles of Confederation evolved into the Speaker of the House and the President of the Senate under the two-house concept of the Constitution. The President, under the Constitution, was a new position that was comparable to ""Premiere"" - or ""King""; in fact some wanted Washington to be called ""Your Majesty"", but he preferred ""Mr. President"", thus establishing one of the many presidential traditions that he began.  '  
 :::Technically, Washington was the first ""President of the United States"".  Randolph, Hancock, et al. were known first as ""President of Congress"" and later ""President of the United States in Congress Assembled"", though the latter was occasionally (and informally) referred to as ""President of the United States"".  The references to this at President of the United States and President of the Continental Congress should be sufficient for a reader wanting more background on the subject.  '   

  
 *Perhaps another section about the confusion surrounding him being the first president Thanks,   
 **You could write one and propose it here.  ''[[User talk:Baseball Bugs|What'