'George Washington was not the first president.' What?!

Who was the first president?

I know, you are going to say George Washington.

Nope.

Wrong.

It was President John Hanson.

Who?

SECRETS OF REVOLUTIONARY WAR BATTLEFIELDS EMERGE 250 YEARS AFTER AMERICA'S FOUNDING

"There's no question about it. Chronologically, he certainly was," says Hanson descendant Peter Michael. "For a nation to be a nation, it has to have a government and a head of state. So the first thing the newly seated government did was elect a head of state.