Was George Washington the First President of The United States? #Shorts

I know it sounds crazy, but George Washington was not the first President of The United States!

It's true, there were a handful of men (John Hanson and John Hancock to name a couple) that served in the role of President of the United States in Congress Assembled before George Washington was elected.

The U.S. Constitution created a new government system and a new Presidential role. Geroge Washington was the first person to be elected President of the United States under the Constitution!

[NolanKnows]

To clarify a few things:
1. There were two different positions called President of The United States. The first, which I mostly talk about in the video is the President of The United States (of Congress Assembled). The second is the President of The United States (of America), which was the role that was created after the constitution came into effect. George Washington was the first President of The United States of America, elected by the people under the constitution. Once again these were two separate roles, under two different government systems.
2. John Hanson was not the first black president. There were two men called John Hanson who were in politics around the same time. The John Hanson I mentioned in this video was a white man from Maryland. The other John Hanson was a slave from Maryland who was born in 1781 (making him way to young to be president at the time) and eventually purchased his own freedom and became a Liberian senator.

[zachstevens]

"George Washington was not the first president."

*explains why George Washington was the first president*

[fin]

So he wasn’t the first president even though there was no president before him? Ahh yes I forgot clickbait is a thing.

[Jomomma-okhl]

Literally the definition of "why I'm still up at 4 am"

[joshsmith]

In other words he was in fact the first president of the United States of America.

[shilpadesai]

"Don't trust what you see on the internet. "-Gengis Khan.

[gigachad]

Name it instead:

*”Who ruled America before George Washington”*

[Automaton]

"A brand new government."

Ah yes, so George Washington was the first president.

[WLFBAT]

This was all I basically heard from this guy:

“George Washington wasn’t the first president of the USA. Buuut…he was the first President of the USA.” 🤪

[NewMoon]

"Everything on the internet is true, trust me" -abraham Lincoln

[anthonydiaz]

"When Constitution made a brand new government" Oh wait if it's a brand new government that means George Washington was the first president. 😱

[Lemurai]

This is what you grow up to be when your parents don’t tell you you’re a clown 🤡 and correct it.

[jonmarsh]

This is the “don’t trust everything you see on the internet” example number 1

[comeback-_-zak]

“I know it sounds crazy but I’m an idiot”

[TheLonelyMoon]

"John hancock"
"Aight don't be immature don't be immature"

[nerdtalk]

I’m a historian, this hurts me in ways nothing else can. The president of the Senate often called the president had no real power. And was under the Articles of Confederation

[johnnymadrazo]

John Hancock? Character guy from fallout 4

[CalebWilliams]

You would have gotten far more respect and admiration if your premise was "Who was in charge before George Washington?". Your premise was misleading, thus the response you have received.

[patrickhenry]

When someone does a video thinking he’s so smart and clever but ends making a pointless dumb video.

[kaihavertz]

Never seen anyone make himself sound stupid like you just did