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According to historian Richard B. Morris, if a president of Congress were to be called the first president of the United States, "a stronger case could be made for Peyton Randolph of Virginia, the first …

Jan 28, 2020 · John Hanson was a delegate to the second Continental Congress and the first President of the United States in Congress assembled. But was he the first U.S. president?

Dec 15, 2020 · The belief that the first president of the United States was Black stems from confusing two historical figures with the same name.

Jan 1, 2016 · How anyone can look at the image of the supposed first black president, weigh it against the dates given, and believe it to be true is beyond me. Photography was invented in 1826, long after …

Apr 3, 2019 · No, the first American president wasn’t a black man named John Hanson A story making the rounds on Facebook is challenging what Americans know about the first president of their country.

Aug 11, 2020 · Shared thousands of times on Facebook, posts claim that a man named “John Hansen,” rather than Barack Obama, was the first Black president of the U.S., that he was president before …