[["From 1774 to 1781 the highest authority was the Continental Congress of the United Colonies. The chairman was called the \"president.\" Several served as president during that time: Peyton Randolph, Henry Middleton, John Hancock, Charles Thomson, Henry Laurens, John Jay and Samuel Huntington.", 142.0], ["Cyrus Griffin. George Washington was the first president under the current constitution. Cyrus Griffin was the last president of the Congress of the Confederation.", 30.0], ["Nobody was President of the United States before George Washington; he was the first. From the declaration of American independence in 1776 until Washington's inauguration in 1789, the US was governed by the Second Continental Congress and the Congress of the Confederation.", 9.0], ["There were 14 presidents of the continental congress prior the the U.S. Constitution going into effect and George Washington becoming the first U.S. president; any of them could make that claim. However, that position was closer to speaker of the house than the current office of the president.", 1.0]]
who's the president before george washington
history,presidents,lincoln