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As a research/writer I am sometimes amazed at the deceit, misinformation and plain 'ol lies that are taught to us as being the truth in regards to history.

"George Washington was the first President of the United States." A statement that is believed by anyone in the world who has studied American History. From the smallest firstgrader to those who have graduated from the most expensive and prestigious Ivy League Collages, we all know for a fact that George Washington was the first President of the United States. Unfortunately,this is not the truth. Actually, John Hanson was the first President ofthe United States.* I find it ironic that the man we are taught "couldnot tell a lie" is himself the subject of one of the many lies that make up what we believe to be the history of our country.


John Hanson was born on April 14, 1721 on the family plantation near Mulberry Grove, Md. As a young man, like most of America's wealthy landowners' offspring, he was sent off to England to get a gentleman's education. Upon returning from England he ran the family business - the1000-acre plantation. In 1757 he was elected to the Maryland House of Delegates, an office he held undefeated for 24 years. In 1781 he was elected to the Continental Congress. And in that same year he becamethe first President of the United States. As stated in The People's Almanac:

    In 1781, while Washington was still fighting the last battlesof the Revolution, the 13 Colonies joined together in a loose union under the Articles of Confederation. After the British surrender inYorkstown, this new confederation needed a leader. In November 1781, Continental Congress elected John Hanson "President of The United States in Congress Assembled". (p261)

George Washington was elected President on February 4th, 1789 - eight years, and several presidents later. The Continental Congress was the United States' first government. And John Hanson was our first President. In an ironic twist there is a letter from General George Washington to newly elected president John Hanson him congratulating on his appointment to fill the most important Seat in the United States.*

Of course the die-hard skeptic will say  "That's because Hanson was elected by Congress but,Washington was the first to be elected by the people." This is a non-reason and only opens up another can of worms.

There are several instances of Vice Presidents taking over for President's without an election at all, but the case that comes to mind is that of Gerald Ford. He wasn't elected by anyone. Not as President nor Vice President. He was appointed by Richard Nixon to replace Vice President Spiro Agnew. He resigned on October 10, 1973 after pleading nolo contendre (no contest) to a single charge of failing to report $29,500 in income he received in 1967.

It's also interesting to note that after advancing to the presidency following Nixon's shamefaced resignation to stop impeachment against himself, Ford gave Nixon a full pardon blocking any criminal charges that might come along. If Hanson doesn't deserve to be on the short list of America's presidents because he wasn't elected by the people then it would mean Gerald Ford wasn't the 38th President.

The fact of the matter is John Hanson, the real first president of the United States has been virtually ignored by historians and educators.

1 The People's Almanac. David Wallechinsky and Irving Wallace. Doubleday & Co. Garden City, NY. (1975)
2 Ibid.
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Update;    With all of the information available on the internet today I have been able to find out more about this unsung hero of our independence.  One is the fact that some people claim that  John Hanson was black.  The real fact of the matter is that there were two John Hanson's. The black John Hanson was actually a Liberian Serator who served his country 20 some years before President John Hanson.  Here is a short video presentation that might help understand the history of the Presidency of the United States. John Hanson the 1st, or the 3rd, black or white ... fact is he WAS President before Washington.  My orignal reason for writing this piece was to offer up an  example of - to quote Henry Ford. "History is Bunk." - that position is always supported as new knowledge of history, science, and health emerges.

 

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