Who was the first

[jim m]

  all right all you historical experts, who was the first President after the American War of Independence

[david32cal]

John Hanson ?

[jim m]

 :applause:dang, that didn't last long. yes it was John Hanson not George Washington. it took 8 years for all of the 13 states to ratify the Constitution. the government was operating under the Articles of Confederation, and a president could only serve for 1 year. therefore there were 8 presidents before George Washington. this is a fact that is not normaly mentioned in most history text books and I'm guessing David probably saw it posted the same place I did 

[david32cal]

actually Jim,i seen something about it on the History channel. only damn thing on TV worth watching most times.

[voyageur1688]

  Didnt know that...Who were the others?
Voy

[Hawken50]

  John Hansen?? I thought he created Kermit the frog.

[halfstock]

Naw Hawkin that'd be his twin brother Jim.

[Hanshi]

Always liked President Hanson's puppets.  Still like them cookies invented by Isaac Newton.

[jim m]

John Hanson is also the President that established the Treasury Dept. I asked the same question to a High School history teacher and his answer was George Washington. he had never heard of this before and didn't believe me until he did some research

[Micanopy]

Learm some thing new every day. Thats really interesting.

[Red Badger]

OK so I am lazy who were the others?

[jim m]

to illiterate to post a direct link, but go to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Articles_of_confederation
that will give a detailed account of the history