Editing Arthur St. Clair (section)

==President of the United States in Congress Assembled==
Following his discharge from the Army, St. Clair was elected to the Pennsylvania Council of Censors in 1783 and served as a delegate to the [[Congress of the Confederation|Confederation Congress]], serving from November 2, 1785, until November 28, 1787. Chaos ruled the day in early 1787 with [[Shays's Rebellion]] in full force and the states refusing to settle their disputes or contribute to the now six-year-old federal government. On February 2, 1787, the delegates finally gathered into a quorum and elected St. Clair to a one-year term as [[President of the Continental Congress]]. Congress enacted its most important piece of legislation, the [[Northwest Ordinance]], during his tenure. Time was running out for the Confederation Congress, however; during St. Clair's presidency, the [[Philadelphia Convention]] was drafting a new [[United States Constitution]], which would abolish the old Congress.  St. Clair is the only foreign-born "president" of the United States.<ref>{{cite book |last=Locke |first=Steven P |title="War Along the Wabash: The Ohio Indian Confederacy's Destruction of the US Army, 1792" |page=65 |publisher=Casemate Publishers |edition=Kindle}}</ref>