Under the Articles of Association (1774-1777) and the Articles of Confederation (1777-1788), the United States had no Chief Executive. Peyton Randolph was president of the First Continental Congress (1774), not president of the nation — just as John Hancock was president of the Second Continental Congress (1776).Be wary of historical iconoclasts who get carried away with themselves. They sometimes create more myths than they expose.
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