President of Congress

Peyton Randolph, elected September 5, 1774; May 10, 1774 Henry Middleton, elected October 22, 1774 John Hancock, elected May 24, 1775; November 23, 1785 (did not serve) Henry Laurens, elected November 1, 1777 John Jay, elected December 10, 1778 Samuel Huntington, elected September 28, 1779 Thomas McKean, elected July 10, 1781 John Hanson, elected November 5, 1781 Elias Boudinot, elected November 4, 1782 Thomas Mifflin, elected November 4, 1783 Richard Henry Lee, elected November 30, 1784 Nathaniel Gorham, elected June 6, 1786 Arthur St. Clair, elected February 2, 1787 Cyrus Griffin, elected January 22, 1788