5 Presidential Secrets Left off the White House Tour
1. Washington Wasn’t the First American President Getty Images Your instructor all say G.W. was the first American Chief Executive , but George " I Can not Tell a Lie" Washington would have told you other than . During the American Revolution in 1781 , the Continental Congress elected Maryland solon John Hanson to the post of President of the United States in Congress assemble . After Washington kill the British at the Battle of Yorktown , Hanson station him a congratulatory note ....