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name = John Hancock | | name = John Hancock | | ||
party = | | party = | | ||
presided = [[Second Continental Congress | presided = [[Second Continental Congress]]<BR/> | ||
start = 24 May 1775 (first term) | '''and the [[Congress of the Confederation]]'' | | ||
end = 31 October 1777 (first term) | start = <BR/>24 May 1775 (first term)<BR/> | ||
23 November 1785 (second term) | | |||
end = <BR/>31 October 1777 (first term)<BR/> | |||
05 June 1786 (second term) | | |||
vices = N/A | | vices = N/A | | ||
outlook = | | outlook = | | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''John Hancock''' ([[1737]]-[[1793]]) was a pre-Constitution president presiding over the Second Continental Congress | '''John Hancock''' ([[1737]]-[[1793]]) was a pre-Constitution president presiding over the Second Continental Congress and the Congress of the Confederation. | ||
He served from [[ | He served from [[1775]] to [[1777]] and officially from [[1785]] to [[1786]], but was absent for his second term due to health issues. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
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before=[[Peyton Randolph]]| | before=[[Peyton Randolph]]| | ||
title = Revolutionary President| | title = Revolutionary President| | ||
years=[[ | years=[[1775]]-[[1777]]| | ||
after=[[Henry Laurens]]| | after=[[Henry Laurens]]| | ||
}} | |||
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before=[[Richard Henry Lee]]| | |||
title = Revolutionary President| | |||
years=[[1785]]-[[1786]]| | |||
after=[[Nathaniel Gorham]]| | |||
}} | }} | ||
{{end box}} | {{end box}} | ||