was there a president named randolph
Below are the first 14 presidents of the United States. 1  1. Peyton Randolph (Sept. 5, 1774 â Oct. 22, 1774), (May 10, 1775 â May 24, 1775)When delegates voted in Philadelphia for the first Continental Congress, they elected Peyton Randolph as the first president of the territory known as the United States. Randolph was a planter and public official from the colony of Virginia.