President of the Continental Congress

The president of the United States in Congress Assembled, also called as the president of the Continental Congress and also the president of the Congress of the Confederation, was the presiding officer in the Continental Congress. The Continental Congress was the convention of people in Philadelphia. They met to make the first transitional government of the United States. This was during the American Revolution. The president was a member of Congress elected by the members of the congress. The president would be a discussion moderator in the meetings. This position did not have much power. The office was also unrelated to the President of the United States., p. 1.

14 men were the president of Congress from September 1774 to November 1788. They came from nine of the original 13 states: Virginia (3), Massachusetts (2), Pennsylvania (2), South Carolina (2), Connecticut, (1), Delaware (1), Maryland (1), New Jersey (1), and New York (1)., p. 101.

List of presidents
Terms and backgrounds of the 14 men who were the president of the Continental Congress:, p. 77.
Portrait Name State/colony Term LengthPrevious position

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Founding Fathers of the United States

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 United States House of Representatives articleThe Articles of Confederation

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