The Congress of the Confederation, or the Confederation Congress, formally referred to as the United States in Congress Assembled, was the governing body of the United States from March 1, 1781, until
General George Washington Resigning His Commission, an 1824 portrait of George Washington by John Trumbull
Independence Hall
The president of the United States in Congress Assembled, known unofficially as the president of the Continental Congress and later as president of the Congress of the Confederation, was the presiding
Peyton Randolph
Henry Middleton by Benjamin West