john adams

     

John Aams, Jr. (October 30, 1735 – July 4, 1826) was the second President of the United States (1797–1801). He also served as America's first Vice President (1789–1797). He was defeated for re-election in the "Revolution of 1800" by Thomas Jefferson. Adams was also the first President to reside in the newly-built White House in Washington, D.C., which was completed in 1800. He is the first president to be defeated for re-election.

Trivia about john adams

  • This man cast the first tie-breaking vote in U.S. Senate history
  • In 1767 his wife gave birth to a future U.S. president
  • The White House wasn't yet finished in 1800 when this second president moved in
  • Nearly 91 when he died the same day as Thomas Jefferson, he was the longest-lived president
  • His wife Abigail wrote to him in a 1776 letter, "Remember the ladies... all men would be tyrants if they could"
  • This future president was the first U.S. ambassador to England in 1785
  • March 4, 1797 - March 4, 1801
  • Abigail, John Q., Charles
  • He lived to see his son become president as well, but died during his son's term in office
  • March 4, 1797-March 3, 1801
  • This was the second U.S. president to live in the first White House
  • Second U.S. president, he was the 1st defeated for re-election
  • He presided over the Senate in the first Congress
  • 1789-1797
  • He was the first U.S. president to serve just 4 years
  • "May none but honest & wise men ever rule under this roof", said this 1st occupant of the White House
  • Signer of the Dec. of Indep., framer of the Constitution of Mass., second President of the United States
  • Second U.S. president
  • October 30, 1735 - July 4, 1826
  • He died on Independence Day in 1826 in Quincy, Massachusetts
  • Alphabetically, he's the first U.S. vice president
  • You've won a brand new White House, & let the fireworks start as your opponent, Thomas Jefferson, is your new V.P.
  • He was the first person to be runner-up in a U.S. Presidential election & then later win the job
  • (Jon of the Clue Crew reports from Monticello.) Thomas Jefferson, whose grave marker makes no mention of him being president, died July 4, 1826, just hours before this former president & close friend
  • Thomas Jefferson
  • October 30, 1735:Braintree, Massachusetts
  • David McCullough planned a joint bio of Thomas Jefferson & this man, but dropped Jefferson along the way
  • The musical "1776" includes the song "Sit Down, John", addressed to this gabby guy from Massachusetts
  • Thomas Jefferson
  • In 1820 at age 85, he served as a delegate at Massachusetts' Constitutional Convention
  • Abigail, known as "Little Abby", was the oldest child of this U.S. president
  • On June 21, 1798 this president told Congress he was going to break off relations with France
  • Though only 5'7", this founding father was called "The Colossus of Independence"
  • July 4, 1826:"Thomas Jefferson still survives"
  • This first president from Massachusetts was called "The Colossus of Independence"
  • On 7/3/76 he wrote to his wife Abigail that the colonies "are, and of right ought to be, free and independent states"
  • In the presidential election of 1800, Alexander Hamilton supported Charles Pinckney over this incumbent
  • He told Abigail that the vice presidency was "the most insignificant office" contrived or conceived
  • He was the first president to live long enough to see his son elected president
  • Moving there just 4 months before leaving office, he was 1st to live in the White House
  • Living to the age of 90, this president was able to see his son become president as well
  • Like his son, he served only one term as U.S. president
  • Born in 1735 in Braintree, MA, he wrote most of the articles of the state's constitution
  • First Number 2 to go to Number One, anti-tea tax, lived to be 90
  • He was the first of our presidents to practice law
  • "Thomas Jefferson survives"
  • The first president who was a graduate of Harvard
  • One of the first four
  • He had 2 daughters & 2 other sons in addition to the one who became president in 1825
  • Harvard(class of 1755)
  • Abigail Smith
  • In a 1774 letter to Abigail he wrote, "The business of the Congress is tedious beyond expression"
  • Abigail Smith
  • Defending British soldiers for the Boston Massacre, he said, "Facts are stubborn things"
  • In 1770, this future president defended the British soldiers accused in the Boston Massacre & won the case
  • ...Napoleon became First Consul & began rule as dictator of France
  • This composer with a presidential name wrote the Pulitzer Prize-winning "On the Transmigration of Souls" to commemorate 9/11
  • In October 1823 he wrote this man, his predecessor as president, to implore him to renew their friendship
  • The 9/11 tribute "On the Transmigration of Souls" is by this composer with the same name as a U.S. president
  • The Alien & Sedition Acts were adopted by Congress

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  • We have too many high sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them. - Abigail Adams, letter to John Adams, 1774
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  • On now - a fantastic piece by John Adams, one of the BBC Ten Pieces composers
  • #OnThisDay 1779 John Adams is appointed by Congress to negotiate peace with the British during the Revolutionary War.
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  • "But a Constitution of Government once changed from Freedom, can never be restored. Liberty, once lost, is lost forever." - John Adams
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