Talk:Peyton Randolph

Thank you
Surely he is the fist president of the united states then? --90.213.246.167 (talk) 23:34, 26 July 2008 (UTC)


 * No. The United States didn't even exist when he was President of the Continental Congress. Jcb9 (talk) 17:38, 9 August 2008 (UTC)


 * Peyton Randolph was the President of the "Continental Congress". However, the role was not that of Head of State.After 1781 the role was re-titled "President of the United States in Congress Assembled", but still not "President of the Untied States" It was not until after the US constitution in 1789 that the post of US President, as Head of State was formed —Preceding unsigned comment added by Davidbhoy2805 (talk • contribs) 01:28, 29 December 2008 (UTC)


 * As explained by Jcb9 and davidbhoy2805, he is certainly not the first president of the United States and the statement should be removed until anyone can prove with reason otherwise. The closest comparable title under present terms would be Speaker of the House. —Preceding Uspastpresentwatch (talk • contribs) 16:27, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

am i just short on sleep or is the

"preceeded by" "succeeded by"

Backwards? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.165.173.90 (talk) 00:25, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

What?!
Why was my link containing official documents deleted.

How can there be a claim of no sources when there are some people with, apparently some agenda, deleting information.

Nantucketnoon (talk) 01:12, 20 July 2010 (UTC)


 * The problem is that the page was, in large part, an advertisement for the author's book. WP:EL, the external links guidelines, say that such commercial links are generally to be avoided. I'm not convinced that the information on the rest of the page outweighs the advertising. —C.Fred (talk) 01:13, 20 July 2010 (UTC)

Work needed
Although I'm not in a position to tidy this up much, I worked a bit on this article today. It really needs some citations, yet I'm far from a Virginia history room and the local library by my dad's house last week said it wouldn't order any books via interlibrary loan unless I changed my residence. :( So here's hoping someone can do the work this bio needs.Jweaver28 (talk) 20:38, 21 October 2013 (UTC)

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Randolph Was Not First President
. . . either "technically" or otherwise. The United States did not technically exist as a national government until the Articles of Confederation were ratified. The leader under that official regime was the Connecticut native, Samuel Huntington.Mwidunn (talk) 20:06, 4 March 2022 (UTC)


 * @Mwidunn: I eliminated this assertion, which I agree is nonsense. Of course, the nation did not yet exist, but also, Randolph was elected only to lead the assembly not the colonies which remained separate sovereignties for seven more years. You are absolutely correct about the Articles of Confederation and Huntington as the first leader of the newly formed Confederated Congress. The only "corrective" there is the Articles intentionally did not allow for a chief executive (they were fed up with kings), so "technically" the U.S. did not have a leader. Allreet (talk) 12:15, 22 July 2022 (UTC)