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| Presidents of the Continental
Congresses
Photo: John Jay, Gallery of Early American Portraits, http://earlyamerica.com/portraits/jay.html |
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PRESIDENT |
ELECTED |
STATE |
LIFESPAN |
| Peyton Randolph | Sep. 5, 1774 | VA | 1721-1775 |
| Henry Middleton | Oct. 22, 1774 | SC | 1717-1784 |
| Peyton Randolph | May 10, 1775 | VA | 1721-1775 |
| John Hancock | May 24, 1775 | MA | 1737-1793 |
| Henry Laurens | Nov. 1, 1777 | SC | 1724-1792 |
| John Jay | Dec. 10, 1778 | NY | 1745-1829 |
| Samuel Huntington | Sep. 28, 1779 | CT | 1731-1796 |
| Thomas McKean | Jul. 10, 1781 | DE | 1734-1817 |
| John Hanson | Nov. 5, 1781 | MD | 1715-1783 |
| Elias Boudinot | Nov. 4, 1782 | NJ | 1740-1821 |
| Thomas Mifflin | Nov. 3, 1783 | PA | 1744-1800 |
| Richard Henry Lee | Nov. 30, 1784 | VA | 1732-1794 |
| John Hancock | Nov. 23, 1785 | MA | 1737-1793 |
| Nathaniel Gorham | Jun. 6, 1786 | Mass | 1736-1796 |
| Arthur St. Clair | Feb. 2, 1787 | Pa | 1734-1818 |
| Cyrus Griffin | Jan. 22, 1788 | Va | 1748-1810 |
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