Peyton Randolph, American lawyer and politician, 1st President of the Continental Congress (b. 1721)
Peyton Randolph (September 10, 1721 – October 22, 1775) was a planter and public official from the Colony of Virginia. He served as speaker of the Virginia House of Burgesses, president of Virginia Conventions, and the first and third president of the Continental Congress. Randolph was technically the first leader of the United States of America as the first president of the Continental Congress, which led the nation during the American Revolutionary War. As a member of the First Continental Congress he signed the Continental Association and is considered one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.