Presidents of The Congress
The following list is of those who led the Congress of the Confederation under the Articles of Confederation as the Presidents of the United States in Congress Assembled. Under the Articles, the president was the presiding officer of Congress, chaired the Committee of the States when Congress was in recess, and performed other administrative functions. He was not, however, an executive in the way the successor President of the United States is a chief executive, since all of the functions he executed were under the direct control of Congress.
| President of Congress | Office Start | Office Exit |
|---|---|---|
| Samuel Huntington | March 1, 1781 | July 9, 1781 |
| Thomas McKean | July 10, 1781 | November 4, 1781 |
| John Hanson | November 5, 1781 | November 3, 1782 |
| Elias Boudinot | November 4, 1782 | November 2, 1783 |
| Thomas Mifflin | November 3, 1783 | October 31, 1784 |
| Richard Henry Lee | November 30, 1784 | November 6, 1785 |
| John Hancock | November 23, 1785 | May 29, 1786 |
| Nathaniel Gorham | June 6, 1786 | November 5, 1786 |
| Arthur St. Clair | February 2, 1787 | November 4, 1787 |
| Cyrus Griffin | January 22, 1788 | November 2, 1788 |
For a full list of Presidents of the Congress Assembled and Presidents under the two Continental Congresses before the Articles, see President of the Continental Congress.
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