Mural of First Continental Congress, 1774. Public Domain
You won’t find his name on the Declaration of Independence nor was he present when the Articles of Confederation were proposed and ratified. A well-respected Virginia attorney from a wealthy and influential family, he was the first man elected as President of the Continental Congress and was again elected President of the Second Continental Congress.
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