President of the Continental Congress
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The President of the Continental Congress was the presiding officer of the legislative body that governed the American colonies during the early years of the Revolutionary War, before the establishment of the U.S. Constitution.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| President of the Second Continental Congress | 1 |
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
political office
ⓘ
presiding officer ⓘ |
| appliesDuringPeriod |
American Revolutionary War
ⓘ
Confederation period of United States history ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
Thirteen Colonies
ⓘ
United Colonies of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States (under Articles of Confederation)
|
| appointedBy | Continental Congress ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States (historical predecessor)
|
| dissolved | 1789 ⓘ |
| firstHolder | Peyton Randolph ⓘ |
| followedBy | President of the Congress of the Confederation ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
did not function as a modern executive president
ⓘ
largely ceremonial authority ⓘ |
| hasRole |
maintaining order during debates
ⓘ
presiding over sessions of the Continental Congress ⓘ representing the Continental Congress in official correspondence ⓘ signing official documents of the Continental Congress ⓘ |
| historicalContext | governance of the American colonies and early United States before the U.S. Constitution ⓘ |
| inception | 1774 ⓘ |
| legalBasis | resolutions of the Continental Congress ⓘ |
| legislativeBody | Continental Congress ⓘ |
| notableOfficeHolder |
John Hancock
ⓘ
John Hanson ⓘ John Jay ⓘ Samuel Huntington ⓘ |
| officeHolder |
Arthur St. Clair
ⓘ
Cyrus Griffin ⓘ Elias Boudinot ⓘ Henry Laurens ⓘ Henry Middleton ⓘ John Hancock ⓘ John Hanson ⓘ John Jay ⓘ Nathaniel Gorham ⓘ Peyton Randolph ⓘ Richard Henry Lee ⓘ Samuel Huntington ⓘ Thomas McKean ⓘ Thomas Mifflin ⓘ |
| partOf | Continental Congress ⓘ |
| replacedBy |
President of the United States
ⓘ
Speaker of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ |
| seat |
Annapolis
ⓘ
surface form:
Annapolis, Maryland
Baltimore ⓘ New York City ⓘ Philadelphia ⓘ Princeton, New Jersey, United States ⓘ
surface form:
Princeton, New Jersey
Trenton, New Jersey ⓘ York, Pennsylvania ⓘ |
| selectionMethod | election by delegates of the Continental Congress ⓘ |
| termLength | no fixed constitutional term ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
John Hancock
this entity surface form:
President of the Second Continental Congress