Feds Finally Agree: Samuel Huntingon 1st USCA President

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After 102 Years, The Federal Government Finally Agrees: Samuel Huntington And Not John Hanson Was The First USCA President to Serve Under The Articles of Confederation.

Historian Stanley Yavneh Klos Pleads With Maryland To Stop Funding Efforts That Purport John & Jane Hanson As The First President & First Lady Of The United States.

The Smithsonian Institute, the National Archives of the United States and the Library of Congress have corrected their websites and exhibits to reflect that the Articles of Confederation's government commenced on March 1st, 1781, with Samuel Huntington serving as the first President of the United States in Congress Assembled (USCA). This reverses the 1903 official position of the United States Congress that the Articles of Confederation government commenced on November 5th, 1781, with John Hanson serving as the first USCA President. Additionally, all three government institutions recognized that Samuel Johnston (who declined the office) and Thomas McKean were elected to the USCA Presidency, July 9th and 10th, 1781, respectively, under the ratified Articles of Confederation after Samuel Huntington resigned the office on July 6th, 1781, due to illness. Specifically, a sampling of the numerous corrections include:

The Smithsonian Institute has removed The American Presidency, A Glorious Burden exhibit’s plaque reporting that John Hanson was the first President to serve under the Articles of Confederation.  

Additionally, on its website in April 2015, the Smithsonian Institute changed:

  

“John Hanson served as the first president of the Continental Congress under the Articles of Confederation from 1781 to 1782” --TO-- “John Hanson served as an early President of the Continental Congress under the Articles of Confederation from 1781 to 1782.”

The United States National Archives, in May 2015, changed its website from:

  

“When all the states ratified the Articles of Confederation in 1781, they voted for the first President. John Hanson from Maryland was the first man to serve as the elected President of Congress under the Articles of Confederation, thus making him acting President of the United States” --TO-- “When all the states ratified the Articles of Confederation in 1781, they voted for the first President. John Hanson from Maryland was the first man to serve a full, one year term as the elected President of Congress under the Articles of Confederation, thus making him (the third*) acting President of the United States. … *Although John Hanson was the first elected to the position to serve a full 1 year term, two other individuals were elected President during or after the ratification of the Articles of Confederation: Samuel Huntington (1779) and Thomas McKean (1781).”

The Library of Congress, in May 2015, changed its website from:

  

“John Hanson (1715-1783), a delegate from Maryland, was elected the first President of Congress under the Articles of Confederation. ... Some people claim that John Hanson rather than George Washington should be considered the first president." --TO-- "Between March 1, 1781, when the Articles of Confederation were enacted, and November 5, 1781, when a new Congress convened, Samuel Huntington and Thomas McKean served briefly as presidents of the body. Samuel Johnston had declined the presidency when elected. When Congress met on November 5, 1781, it elected John Hanson (1715-1783), delegate from Maryland, as its president. In this letter, Charles Thomson (1729-1824), secretary of the Continental Congress informs George Washington of Hanson's election. According to the Articles, the president of Congress presided only over Congress; George Washington, chosen after the ratification of the Federal Constitution, was the first president of the United States."

Historian Stanley Klos, who keynoted the re-entombment of President Samuel and Martha Huntington in 2003, remarked:

"It has been a long battle but our determination finally blossomed and the federal government has begun to reverse its 1903 Articles of Confederation errors. Now our attention has turned to the People of Maryland and their elected Representatives. On July 2nd, 2015, we wrote the Governor and Legislature requesting that Maryland cease and desist funding the promotion of John Hanson as the first President to either serve or be elected under the Articles of Confederation Constitution.

  View Mr. Klos' letter to the State of Maryland  and its response.

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