First Eight Presidents.

[BlueStreak]

I heard mention of this on Colbert one night a while back and thought I'd look into it further. It appears the first president was John Hanson and by some accounts, Hanson was highly regarded, though there is little mention of him in the history texts.

http://www.constitution.org/hist/first8pres.htm

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/582763/posts

I can't help but wonder what sort of political machinations might have taken place during this period that caused such erasure? Some self aggrandizement on the part of those we regard as "Founders" today?

I don't know, but it does seem a tad fishy. And I would like to know more about this Hanson fellow.

I do notice the comments about the failure of the Articles of Confederation and the notes stating that it was attributed to too much power being given to the states........................

Dave

[BlueStreak]

Nobody ever reads the History Forum?

[donquixote99]

Washington was de man!

[Boreas]

Funny, it never occurred to me to wonder about that. I knew that Washington was president under the Constitution and I knew that the Constitution was preceded by the Articles but I never gave any thought at all to who served as chief executive under them.

John

[piece-itpete]

I suspect that under the Articles he had so little power he was somewhat marginalized.

Pete