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  2. John Hanson - Wikipedia

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    The idea that Hanson was the forgotten first president of the United States was further promoted in a 1932 biography of Hanson by journalist Seymour Wemyss Smith. [36] Smith's book asserts that the American Revolution had two primary leaders: George Washington on the battlefield and John Hanson in politics. [37]

  3. Fact check: Barack Obama, not John Hanson, was the first ...

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    John Hansen Was The First Black President & He Also The First President Of The United States Even Before George Washington. We Never Hear About Him In Black History At All," the post, which is a ...

  4. President of the Continental Congress - Wikipedia

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    President John Hanson wanted to resign after only a week in office, but Congress lacked a quorum to select a successor, and so he stayed on. [7] President Thomas Mifflin found it difficult to convince the states to send enough delegates to Congress to ratify the 1783 Treaty of Paris. [19]

  5. List of presidents of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The first president, George Washington, won a unanimous vote of the Electoral College. [4] Grover Cleveland served two non-consecutive terms and is therefore counted as the 22nd and 24th president of the United States, giving rise to the discrepancy between the number of presidencies and the number of individuals who have served as president. [5]

  6. George Washington was not the first president of the United ...

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    Hanson was not the only man to lead the Continental Congress before George Washington's ascension, but he was the first. The foundation for America's modern government was laid during that term.

  7. African heritage of presidents of the United States - Wikipedia

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    President Barack Obama, who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017, had an African father and an American mother of mostly European ancestry. [1] [2] His father, Barack Obama Sr. (1936–1982), [3] was a Luo Kenyan [4] from Nyang'oma Kogelo, Kenya. [5]

  8. 19 Black figures who changed history - AOL

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    Obama became the first Black president in American history after winning the 2008 election race against John McCain. While in office, he earned a Nobel Peace Prize, worked to limit climate change ...

  9. List of African-American United States presidential and vice ...

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    Barack Obama was the first African American and first biracial president of the United States, being elected in the 2008 election and re-elected in the 2012 election. Kamala Harris became the first African-ish-American vice president of the United States of America, being elected in the 2020 election alongside President Joe Biden. She is also ...