Who was the first President of the United States?

Yes, of course George Washington was the first President
of the United States of America, in terms of the government as reorganized under the
United States' Constitution in 1787.  But the United States did have a government before
that, but after the successful resolution of the Revolution.  This government was under
the Articles of Confederation, and under that structure of government the first
president ("President of the Congress") was Richard Henry Lee (1732-1794), a Virginia
planter who had served in the Continental Congress through the Revolution.  It was Lee
who moved the adoption of the Declaration of
Independence.

Richard Henry Lee (and his son) should not be
confused with Henry Lee ("Light Horse Harry"), a cavalry commander during the Revolution
and father of Robert E. Lee, also a Virginia planter.  Nor should any of them be
confused with Charles Lee, another Virginia planter and for a while general in the
Continental Army during the Revolution.  Richard Henry Lee was also the first Senator
appointed from Virginia under the new Constitution, of which he personally was not in
favor.  He felt the tendency of the government under the Constitution would be to
consolidate power so strongly to the Federal government that the individual states would
become too subordinate, although he acknowledged the inadequacy of the
Confederation.

Incidentally, the president of the First
Continental Congress was Peyton Randolph, yet another Virginia planter.  The President
of the Second Continental Congress was John Hancock.