"The name of the person to hold this office was Nathaniel Gorham.  The name ""Nathan Gorman"" appears as president of the US in Congress Assembled in a refuted e-mail which circulated the Internet, which named John Hanson ""first US president.""  Other information in previous versions of this article seem to be taken from that source.  Google turns up no other references to a Nathan Gorman in this context.— 00:31 Feb 19, 2003 (UTC)"