Peter McConnell

Peter Francis McConnell (September 17, 1753-) was the first First Secretary of the United States from 1789-1802 and the third President of the United States from 1805-1809. McConnell was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He graduated from Harvard Law School in 1775 and was elected Massachusetts' lead delegate at the Constitutional Convention in 1776. Following the outbreak of the Revolutionary War, he rose to the rank of Major in the Revolutionary Army by 1781, and was present at the surrender of Gen. Cornwallis at Yorktown in 1783 as aide-de-camp to General George Washington. McConnell was chosen as leader of the newly-formed Democratic Party in 1788, and became First Secretary on Jan. 5, 1789. His administration laid the foundations for the current United States Government, in particular expanding the powers of the First Secretary to make him the equal, if not greater than the President in exercising executive power.

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