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The office is correctly referred to as President of the United States in Congress Assembled. He was merely the Presiding Officer of Congress, similar to the present day Speaker of the House or President of the Senate. The office possessed no executive powers, so it would be incorrect to refer to any of the Presidents of United States in Congress Assembled
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http://www.constitution.org/cons/usa-conf.htm That is a link to the full text of the Articles of Confederation.
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Perhaps in addition to repealing the 17th, Senatorial terms could be shortened and State Legislatures would be permitted to give their Senators binding instructions and recall their Senators at their pleasure.
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First of all, even the "best" President was far from ideal. Given the individuals who have held the office. I would say Grover Cleveland was the closest to the ideal, though not perfect, of course. Followed by Martin van Buren, Warren G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge. Obviously, all the above had their flaws, but overall they were the best of