In 1775 Hancock replaced Peyton Randolph as the president of this body
While the Congress was not an official governing body, it took 
similar ... second, and the delegates appointed the same president, Peyton 
Randolph, ... president to replace Randolph, but he declined, and Hancock was 
elected... [DOC] [TLE] Continental Congress facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia ... [PAR] The Second Continental Congress met in May 1775.