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A lot of Americans falsely believe that our current Constitution and Government took effect on July 5, 1776. Not so..... It would be over 11 years before that would happen.
Yes, as we all learned in school, George Washington was the first President in our CURRENT government, under our CURRENT Constitution. And yes, he was an Anglican. But he took office 11 years after the USA began.
Many regard the first actual president of the USA to be John Hanson…that's right. And you've probably never heard of him. And he's not on any American currency. And his birthday has never been celebrated in our country. And school children have never heard of him.
Oh, and by the way, he was a Lutheran. Yeah, no president under our current constitution has ever been a Lutheran. But Lutherans can claim the first US President! Well, sort of.
Prior to the Constitution, which established our system of government, there was a document called the Articles of Confederation. Although a flawed document, it was the first official "constitution". As with any political document, it took some time to hammer out the details. In 1781, after 4 years of negotiating, the last state to holdout- Maryland- ratified the document. The signer, a Lutheran named John Hanson, was then asked to serve as the president of the now official congress.
Here’s where the controversy begins. Some claim this makes John Hanson -not George Washington- the first President of the United States. However, since the Articles of Confederation did not officially establish an executive branch, it might be said Hanson was more the first President of Congress rather than President of the USA (and even then he was more a secretary than a leader). In any case, he served his one year term competently but without much flair (although he's the one who designed the current seal of the president).
The United States has yet to see a Lutheran president. Hubert H. Humphrey, who served as Vice President under Lyndon Johnson from 1965-1970 and was the Democrat Nominee for president in 1968, is the closest a Lutheran has come to being president, but he of course lost to the second Quaker president: Richard Nixon.
- Josiah
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A lot of Americans falsely believe that our current Constitution and Government took effect on July 5, 1776. Not so..... It would be over 11 years before that would happen.
Yes, as we all learned in school, George Washington was the first President in our CURRENT government, under our CURRENT Constitution. And yes, he was an Anglican. But he took office 11 years after the USA began.
Many regard the first actual president of the USA to be John Hanson…that's right. And you've probably never heard of him. And he's not on any American currency. And his birthday has never been celebrated in our country. And school children have never heard of him.
Oh, and by the way, he was a Lutheran. Yeah, no president under our current constitution has ever been a Lutheran. But Lutherans can claim the first US President! Well, sort of.
Prior to the Constitution, which established our system of government, there was a document called the Articles of Confederation. Although a flawed document, it was the first official "constitution". As with any political document, it took some time to hammer out the details. In 1781, after 4 years of negotiating, the last state to holdout- Maryland- ratified the document. The signer, a Lutheran named John Hanson, was then asked to serve as the president of the now official congress.
Here’s where the controversy begins. Some claim this makes John Hanson -not George Washington- the first President of the United States. However, since the Articles of Confederation did not officially establish an executive branch, it might be said Hanson was more the first President of Congress rather than President of the USA (and even then he was more a secretary than a leader). In any case, he served his one year term competently but without much flair (although he's the one who designed the current seal of the president).
The United States has yet to see a Lutheran president. Hubert H. Humphrey, who served as Vice President under Lyndon Johnson from 1965-1970 and was the Democrat Nominee for president in 1968, is the closest a Lutheran has come to being president, but he of course lost to the second Quaker president: Richard Nixon.
- Josiah
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