who was the first government of the united states
John Hanson was NOT the first president of the United States. He wasn't even the first President of the United States in Congress Assembled That was Samuel Huntington, who was president of the Continental Congress when Maryland ratified the Articles of Confederation putting them formally into effect.anson was the president of the first Continental Congress. The United States of America did not yet exist until, so there's no way that John Hanson was the first President of the United States.