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Presidents of the Continental Congresses| Name | Elected | Birth and
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| Peyton Randolph, Va. | 9/5/1774 | c.1721–1775 | | Henry Middleton, S.C. | 10/22/1774 | 1717–1784 | | Peyton Randolph, Va. | 5/10/1775 | c.1721–1775 | | John Hancock, Mass. | 5/24/1775 | 1737–1793 | | Henry Laurens, S.C. | 11/1/1777 | 1724–1792 | | John Jay, N.Y. | 12/10/1778 | 1745–1829 | | Samuel Huntington, Conn. | 9/28/1779 | 1731–1796 | | Thomas McKean, Del. | 7/10/1781 | 1734–1817 | | John Hanson, Md. | 11/5/1781 | 1715–1783 | | Elias Boudinot, N.J. | 11/4/1782 | 1740–1821 | | Thomas Mifflin, Pa. | 11/3/1783 | 1744–1800 | | Richard Henry Lee, Va. | 11/30/1784 | 1732–1794 | | John Hancock, Mass.1 | 11/23/1785 | 1737–1793 | | Nathaniel Gorham, Mass. | 6/6/1786 | 1738–1796 | | Arthur St. Clair, Pa. | 2/2/1787 | 1734–1818 | | Cyrus Griffin, Va. | 1/22/1788 | 1748–1810 |
1. Resigned May 29, 1786, never having served, because of continued illness.
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