Washingtons election(1789)? I hadn't realized that it was 13 years after the US declared its independance that George Washington first took office. Who was in charge from July 4th, 1776- April 29th 1789???
Continental Congress... In the period of the U.S. War of Independence, this body spoke and acted ... provided that no person be allowed to serve in the office of president ... to the United States of America and its representatives in the Congress. ... Thus, between November 1788 and April 1789, the United States had no chief executive. ...