The Forgotten Congressional Presidents
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- Опубликовано: 21 окт 2024
- George Washington became the first President of the United States in 1789. But that leaves thirteen years between when the United States declared independence and when Washington accepted the highest office in the land. In that time, fourteen men held the office of president in the United States. While the rules were different, the contributions of the forgotten fourteen Congressional Presidents deserve to be remembered.
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And there is the one person who signed all four of our founding documents: The Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights - Roger Sherman of Connecticut. That would be a good topic to cover here.
Connecticut is very corrupted. And look up Pam Sherman - she calls herself the "Urban Outlaw", poses like a Satanist, and voila, is an attorney. She also flip flops with the name Johnson on legal documents. Sherman Companies is organized crime for the NWO's. That's my observation. There was a lawsuit against them and they lost in Maryland. Wouldnt surprise me to find out the presiding judge was killed by the "Urban Outlaw"
My ancestor, one William Chase signed the declaration of independence. Family lore has it the man was a horse thief/seller and in general a dishonest businessman. So, when speaking about the founding fathers, it's best to keep in mind that they're men, open to the same foibles as we are today.
The Bill of Rights _was_ the Constitution at the time.
I was taught this in a school of course but I'm not sure of how much I understood all of it. You boiled down 14 years of history into 14 minutes and succinctly presented it for all to understand.
You are just older and not currently sitting next to a girl with a very tight sweater twirling a pencil in her hair.
@@STho205 Your right but I sometimes think about that girl :)
S Tho No photo of the girl? Didn’t happen! 😁
@@samiam619 We didn't carry cameras with us in class back then. The tripods and black powder gun smoke would have been too distracting to the class and would not have been allowed.
@@samiam619 Wayne is being a little too drastic about taking a picture in class. But using your slick little Kodak would of still been a distraction because of the flash bulb going off so that there was enough light for an image to show up on the film. I am sure that such a mischief would of earned one a quick trip to the principal's office and several days of "extended" school days!
I'd wondered when this episode would happen. The men who served as President before the Constitution are an often overlooked part of American history
There was no mention of them at the presidential wing of the Smithsonian American History Museum. When we lived in DC I wondered about why they never got a mention.
They are the only real presidents
Well shiver me timbers. I have never given this any thought and had no idea that there was the title of president before George Washington. Thank you thank you thank you very much for this episode
Well Done, Popeye!
hooda thunkit?
“It is better to be alone than in bad company.”
― George Washington
"I would rather be alone on a toadstool and have it all to myself, than to be crowded on a velvet cushion."
~ Henry David Thoreau
George Washington will always be 1st President in my estimation due to his phenomenal attributes & contributions outdone by no other.
Absolutely !!!
@@monkeygraborange “If you want to go fast, go alone; if you want to go far go together."
--African Proverb
I think Boz Burrell would disagree.
This is the RUclips channel I share the most on my FB page. Thanks, HG. You're an island of calm and reason in an unnerving FB sea of conflict and bickering. I appreciate what you do.
It was so nice to see this. I had taught this to my History and Civics students for years and they were really surprised that we had 8 Presidents before Good old George! Thanks for that!
The streets in downtown Madison, WI are named after the signers of the Declaration of Independence. Mifflin, Carroll, Gorham, Pinckney, etc. Our capitol is also a miniature of the capitol in DC.
I thought York Pennsylvania might be mentioned seeing as that’s where the Articles of Confederation were approved. You should do a show on the 8 different Capitals the USA has had. Love your channel!
Finding a more secure position 25 miles west of Lancaster behind the Susquehanna River, the Continental Congress convened inside the York County Court House on September 30, 1777. During the government’s nine-month stay in the central Pennsylvania hamlet, it approved the Articles of Confederation, which took effect after its 1781 ratification by the states, and signed an alliance treaty with France. After receiving word in June 1778 that the British had evacuated Philadelphia, the Continental Congress returned to the city and found Independence Hall left “in a most filthy and sordid situation” according to New Hampshire delegate Josiah Bartlett.
I grew up and live here in York and I agree with this:)
Hurray for York!!!
I would love to see an episode on the many capitals! I think my son believes I am making it up when I try to tell him. At any rate he would definitely believe it if The History Guy said so, rather than me lol
I need to take a moment to thank you for your efforts. I am just really getting into RUclips over the past year as I finally decided to do something about my utter frustration with cable TV. Yours was one of the first channels I started watching. About 6 months ago I subscribed to your channel. I love your variety. I really appreciate an honest factual no agenda of some very interesting historical moments. Thanks from the Canadian frozen North. Stay safe & sane down there.
I knew a little about this. Now, thanks to THG, I have a much better idea about how little.....
Thank you THG.
THG ran down better in under in 15 minutes what it took a college government course a full term to cover.
Sign me up for your next distance learning course THG!
Fantastic!
We'll done HG!
“I paid for all the intros, I’m going to use all of the intros!” -The History Guy
I use a program called "Viddyoze." I admit, I am playing with the program because it is fun.
@@TheHistoryGuyChannel and here I was thinking that you were making enough money to actually pay someone. lol
@@TheHistoryGuyChannel they are getting better. Unasked for suggestion: would like seeing the intro tied to the topic area: US History; EU History; Interesting Characters; War/Military History; Innovators; Ephemera; and of course Pirates (because all good stories involve pirates right?)
@@TheHistoryGuyChannel Cool. Is it easy to use?
southilgurl2003 I do the best I can matching the intro. But Viddyoze is intended for ease of use, and, essentially, drops photos and logos into templates. That limits me to the templates available, and there isn’t always an option that aligns with the topic.
He certainly teaches me things I never knew about our past. Absolutely fascinating
Again. One of the greatest channels on RUclips.
I've often wondered about this very subject: the running and leadership of congress before Washington during the Revolutionary War. Thanks!
A great feature of THG segments is the capacity to repeat them until more of it sinks in! Thanks for a great service done well.
A very interesting story. I happened to live in your St. Clair County. I was also born there. Lived in St. Clair for 63 years in the southern part of Collinsville. Keep the great stories coming.
I love history and have, throughout my life, been an avid student of all history. Thus, stumbling onto The History Guy, has been absolutely scintillating and fun. I marvel how he can boil down different aspects of an historical subject into a very succinct, short lecture. Thank you, History Guy!
Very interesting to see how the process happened and how things changed.
Thank you for this video... it is outstanding... there is much, still, to be learned about history...
I lived in Belleville, Illinois for a year. My father is from there. Very cool to think that I lived near where The History Guy lives!
I cannot thank you enough for that which you do here, I have learned more about history from you channel than I ever did in school. I hope you keep doing this & I will for sure keep watching.
History Guy, I had a World History teacher in high school in the late 60s who was as passionate as you are about history. I like to think that I got my love of history from him. He also focused on the people who were making that history.
Once again the History Guy brings little known, but important history to light. Thanks H.G.
This has become my all-time favorite channel. I will become a patron for all the effort you put into these presentations. Thank you.
Thank your! Learned something today!!
“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one.”
― George R.R. Martin
I have had some fun with this debate. I argued that John Hancock was the first president because he was president when the Declaration of Independence was adopted. But we can all agree that George Washington was the first president under the Constitution, which created the current form of government.
I knew that the Articles existed, but I never really know how they worked. Interesting, but not surprising, that there was a president in this land before Washington.
Thank you for teaching us about these men! Glad they haven't been completely forgotten.
Thanks, Lance. The early history of the United States has too long been ignored. Understanding this period is paramount to understanding the Constitution of the United States.
So easily informative, thank you.
I love this episode and I hope future episodes might delve deeper into some of these characters
It's fascinating how conflicts and adversity play such a prominent role in shaping the institutions that come out of them. The 1791 US constitution attempted to balance the risks of centralized power (experienced under Britain) against the risks of massively-decentralized power (experienced under the Articles of Confederation). The Civil War & WWI-II had similarly-massive impacts in shifting our institutions.
Excellent observation, as this is a struggle that continues to this day.
@Pennsylvania Mike Clearly you'll be voting for Emperor tRump. Be careful what you wish for, your attempts at revolution may not go as you wish...
Which is why we should support those that fight for there rights here in America because it's the American thing to do
@@davidb6576 Foreign trolls and THEIR inability to grasp indefinite articles.
@@chekaschmeka4283 I may not know what a indefinite article are, but I will defend to the death your right to use it! An they'll have to pry my conjunctions from my cold, dead hands!
Among other reasons I love your channel for the most noble tagline, "History deserves, to be remembered."
I have never been disappointed by any of THG"s presentations. Though it is a fast-paced list of names, with a bit of background for each, this episode is yret another thought-provoking and informative one. I don't recall that any of the US history courses I had in high school or college gave more than a passing reference to the early goverm=nment under the Confederation document. Hannson was mentuioned briefly, the Morthwest Ordinance was lauded--and that was it. Thanks much for this corrective lesson.
Some other RUclipsr who dabbles in history from time to time, did a video on this topic a few months ago. Now with thanks to you, I really understand who these presidents were and what they were all about and in context. Your explanation nails it.
Thank you! I appreciate your content.
Always great and enjoyable episodes. Thank you.
Please keep the new intros coming! Glad they are fun to use! It is fun to see them!
Loved it. Learned something new. Thanks
This was really fascinating. There was a huge chunk of time between 1776 and when Washington took office. Thank you for detailing this important period!
One request? Can you do a fun little video explaining all the cool stuff you have in the background? I’d like that!
Fascinating research THG 🇺🇸 Thank you for sharing 🇺🇸
Hi, Lance, The History Guy. I have commented on some of your episodes before, and I am so glad you are doing this. You appear the quintessential professor, bow tie and glasses, and all the mannerisms one might expect, only adding delight.
While most people have a knowledge of the large historical events, few know about the minor ones, the "snippets" as you call them. It is these snippets that bring the human story to light. H-uman-i-Story.
My high school teacher of Ancient History, Mr John Rodabaugh, was similar to you in that he filled his one year class with multiple snippets rather than the big events, as "any old idiot would know the major events" he would say.
I attended High School long ago in a place called Webster Groves, Missouri, and graduated in 1969. My mother graduated there in 1940. My uncle (mom's brother) graduated there in 1933. (My father was from Springfield, Illinois, so he was not an alumnus of Webster Groves High School). There is a plaque of Webster Groves "boys" who went to war (World War II) on the brick wall of City Hall, and my uncle's name is there.I He was a Naval Aviator in the Pacific, Lt. Wilbert A. Menke. (My father was in the U.S. Army Air Corps as a quartermaster in Europe, Brevet Lt. Col. John H. MacAleney, and he is not listed on the plaque as he was not a boy from Webster Groves).
I was curious about the flower shop murder of Dean O'Banion; I never had heard of him until your snippet. In your brief bio of him, underscoring his rough upbringing as a boy of the streets of Chicago, I recognized a photo of 3 boys, smoking cigarettes, but that was taken in Saint Louis in 1910. I do know my history, but not every snippet.
Have a great day. I do a lot of family history, and it's fun. Oh, BTW, I have close family in Edwardsville, Troy, and Saint Jacob. I visit the family (Ottwein) farm in Troy quite often.
I am a great-great-grandson of Karl Ottwein (1828-1907) - Dr Dave Menke, Tucson.
Interesting enough, I was just talking about the Articles of Confederation yesterday with a bunch of young people who unfortunately had absolutely no idea what I was talking about. It's pathetic that the history of our country is no longer taught in our schools.
Common core education, Trump said he would get rid of it but never did.
@@oreopuppydawg1564 Been that way much longer than common core.
I was never taught this in school, and I’m 57.
Governments don't want a population capable of critical thinking, they want obedient workers, people just smart enough to run the machines and just dumb enough to passively accept their situation.
George Carlin
Shawn R well with common core they only learn what’s on the end of year test so theres no way they will ever learn anything else that they should be is my point.
Outstanding content, sir. Thank you.
Wonderful , thank you.
Thanks for the great information !!
The last video you made discussing this topic, was the first time in my life I had heard about it. I'm 60!!! Keep teaching sir! I thought I loved history, but there's so much more to learn.
I found this very interesting. I had no idea these other men we’ve heard so little about also worked to make us a nation. Thank you!
You remind us that often history is not a simple story, thanks.
Excellent!! Thankyou for such insight!
Great job, I have been wanting to see this done.
Thomas Mifflin is my Greater Grandfather. There is a lot about him, i would appreciate if you should do a show about him. I've asked you a few times, I know you're busy making these great shows, thank you for your work.
As a Canadian, although having studied American history in school many decades ago I had never given thought to the disparity between the acknowledged date of the founding of your country and the date of the ascendancy of the first president as we know him. Excellent episode. See, you can teach old dogs!
Once again another very interesting piece of U.S. history that all citizens should know. Thank you Sir.
I loved your ending perspective! Thank you!!!!
I know you know. .. but power in an individual was anathema to these people. and I’d does deserve to be remembered. Thank you.
Another superb program! While I never have considered myself a historian I have read much, and for a very long time. These programs not only entertain and inform me, they provide an object lesson as to how little I really know.
This was a particularly informative piece. Most know of the continental congress and the article of the confederacy. I was taken when I first read the document that it said a confederation between rather than among the states. That reminded me of the problems attributed to the southern confederacy so many years later , of which it was said: it died of an idea. Of course there was no United States in reality until after the Civil War. Before the war, the phrase was the United States are where is after the war, the United States is became the norm. Those folks had walked the country and fought for it. Perhaps there should’ve been better foresight in establishment of the southern confederacy, looking back at the period when the country was governed by the articles of the confederacy, which was doomed to fail.
As always, I look forward to the next exciting program.
Nice job, relevant comments and perspective and background. Thank you, Mr. History Guy
Gee, I had thought myself well-informed because I knew about President Hansen! I'll have to watch this a few times before I have a good grip on the subject.
One of your best episodes! I would be eager to hear about these men individually.
Aside from the flashy intros and the enthusiasm for the material, there's something else worth noting. Citations! THG cites his sources, which I have to appreciate.
With all the nonsense going today it almost brought a tear to my eye that these great men all fought and died for this country be remembered with honor and the important position they held. Thanks History Guy.
Thank you for a great history lesson ! Take care , stay safe and healthy wherever your research takes you ! Doing well here in Kansas .
I want to thank you for this history lesson. I have always loved History.😊
It had to be an exciting time back then to see the birth of one of the greatest nations on earth. It wouldn't hurt to have their guidance again.
Thank you for completing a gap in my knowledge of 1774-1789 re the Articles of Confederation, and the 14 Congressional Presidents who occupied this period, prior to George Washington becoming the 1st President of the USA. Succinctly presented. Much appreciated.
a terrific presentation of history that we've not been adequately taught - Thanks THG!
A series of videos on the more interesting forgotten presidents would be informative. Learned quite a bit from this video, thanks HG.
I was first exposed to this topic years ago when someone used it as "gotcha" trivia.
It's interesting and understanding the struggles of the USA under the Articles of Confederation helps us understand how and why we ended up with the Constitution that we did. But it was clearly a different position. Trying to argue one of the pre-Washington presidents should be considered the first president is sort of like arguing the president of the senate today should be considered one of the Presidents of the United States.
Excellent presentation!
Greetings from Clay County!
As a philatelist, I love the use of stamps in many of your videos.
Thanks again! 735 thumbs up!
Great stuff as always. Thanks HG
Nice touch in your back ground withe the sword and picture on Washington on his horse...Thanks on such a fine video and all...Well said sir...!
I loved history in school. Never knew about this though. This seems very timely.
Great stuff History Guy!
So glad you did this video! I have tried to tell people this, but I was called crazy and other names, yet gave them proof. Ignorance runs rampant
I remember one of my history teachers in high school talking about this. The book with the answer was stolen by someone in a prior year's class.
Probably the principal stole it. Can't have those dangerous facts getting out there.
The history guy stole it, how else do you come up with a guy named Peyton Randolph, as first president.
THANK YOU for doing this video! I first learned about this in high school on my own when I realized the time gap you mentioned on George Washington's presidency. Love your channel!
Thanks so much for this! It looks like a ton of work to gather all the images and edit them so smoothly. This is my favorite time period of American history and I hope you'll continue with more episodes like this.
I live across the bridge in Belleville! Thanks for the great videos
We are on the same side of the bridge. :)
@@TheHistoryGuyChannel lol well thanks for the interesting content, also check out Balance Coffee in downtown if you want a nice cup of home roasted joe
Great as usual!
Another great history lesson, THG.
And the changes to that short shelf (seemingly each video) don't go unnoticed! ;)
I really love what you did here in this video and on the material you covered. I took two courses in American history in college and we never once covered this stuff....amazing!
Great episode. I knew of Adams, but not the others. It is not taught. However, this would be a great idea for the USPS as a reboot. The Forgotten Presidents series of postage stamps. I think its a good idea. Thanks again for the lesson in history. Would be great if you could do an entire series from the 18th century.
Robert Cole After the election, and the USPS has survived, why not suggest it to the Board that approves stamps?
@@samiam619 I will.. Just voicing a thought.
Interesting. I did not know this. Thank you HG.
Thank you for your excellent efforts.
Lol, I was telling my sons about this a couple of months back. They were like "what do you mean George Washington wasn't the first President?"
Lol...vindication that Dad is ALWAYS right...lol
George Washington was indeed the first "president of the United States." These 14 people were "presidents" but their title and duties were not at all the same and were at best chairmen, not administrative leaders.
I didn't realize out history was so convaluted at least at first. (Some may say even today) Very interesting subject and content matter and very well done. Thanks again.
The intros are getting better and better
Watched a few of your clips so far. Well presented and informative. Thank you.
@TheHistoryGuy, I consider myself a lover of history and your brief glimpses into the depths of forgotten history are incredible. Is there any chance you would go further in depth, on any particular topic, or create a list of the five most fascinating people in history, in your opinion. Thank you for all you do and the content you provide, I love your channel, thank you sir.
Much better intro! Love your channel!
Great educational episode! I appreciate the hard work you put into researching these stories. Keep it up!
John Hanson is in my DNA ancestry so, I would say I'm a descendant. My earliest known ancestor was mixed Indigenous Indian and African who was captured during the Anglo-Indian War as a child. He was later a Indentured servant to the Gov William Stone bloodline of "Poynton Manor" Port Tobacco, Charles County, Mayland. My ancestor married a white Welsh woman who they had children. Those children had children with European Stone family bloodline. The Stone were related to the Hanson family of Charles County, Mayland.
I love those intros! And I say it again. If you were my professor in school. I would get all A's! Thank you for all your family do.
American history is vital. So is civics education. I've seen a number of local governments suffering for lack of citizen participation.
true history is very important but we won’t get it in this wicked system
The all forgotten and under appreciated first presidents.
Thank you for shedding light upon them
Man I love this channel.