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Cyrus Griffin (July 16, 1748 – December 14, 1810), a Virginia lawyer and politician, was the final President of the Congress of the Confederation and first United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Virginia.
Jan 13, 2021 · Cyrus Griffin, who died in Yorktown and is believed to be buried in the Bruton Parish churchyard in Williamsburg with his wife, was the last president of the Continental Congress under the...
There were not enough delegates present to choose St. Clair's successor until January 22, 1788, when the final president of Congress, Cyrus Griffin, was elected. Griffin resigned his office on November 15, 1788, after only two delegates showed up for the new session of Congress.
Cyrus Griffin (January 22, 1788 – April 30, 1789) Griffin was the final President of Congress of the Confederation Congress, as that office was abolished with the activation of the new United States Constitution, the seating of the first Congress under the new constitution, and the inauguration of the first actual President of the United ...
He was the fourth of the fourteen Presidents of the Continental Congress-Laurens, Jay, Boudinot and Griffin--who could trace his ancestors to those brave souls who fled the Protestant persecution that culminated in King Louis XIV's revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685.
Cyrus Griffin (July 16, 1748 – December 14, 1810), a Virginia lawyer and politician, was the final President of the Congress of the Confederation and first United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Virginia.
President of the Continental Congress. Virginia. Born in Farnham Parish, Virginia, on 16 July 1748, Cyrus Griffin studied law in England and Scotland, and in 1770 eloped with the eldest daughter of John Stuart, the sixth Earl of Traquair.
