John Adams (October 30, 1735 (O.S. October 19, 1735) – July 4, 1826) was an American Founding Father, lawyer, statesman, diplomat and political theorist. A leading champion of independence in 1776, he was the second President of the United States (1797–1801). Hailing from New England, Adams, a prominent lawyer and public figure in Boston, was highly educated and represented Enlightenment values promoting republicanism. A Federalist, he was highly influential and one of the key Founding Fathers of the United States.
Adams came to prominence in the early stages of the American Revolution. As a delegate from Massachusetts to the Continental Congress, he played a leading role in persuading Congress to declare independence and assisted Jefferson in drafting the Declaration of Independence. As a diplomat in Europe, he was a major negotiator of the eventual peace treaty with Great Britain, and chiefly responsible for obtaining important loans from Amsterdam bankers. A political theorist and...
Works written: United States Declaration of Independence The Book of Abigail and John: Selected Letters of the Adams Family, 1762-1784 Legal papers of John Adams Adams on Adams Adams family correspondence selected writings of John and John Quincy Adams quotable John Adams answer to Pain's Rights of man wisdom of John Adams Défense des constitutions américaines Works Written About This Topic: John Adams John Adams speaks for freedom The meaning of independence America afire John Adams: Party of One America's First Dynasty: The Adamses, 1735-1918 The Book of Abigail and John: Selected Letters of the Adams Family, 1762-1784 John Adams and the Spirit of Liberty Representations In Fiction: John Adams Appointees: Samuel Dexter - United States Secretary of the Treasury - United States Cabinet - United States of America - Jan 1, 1801 - May 13, 1801; Richard Rush - United States Secretary of the Treasury - United States Cabinet - United States of America - Mar 7, 1825 - Mar 5, 1829; John Marshall - Secretary of State - United States Secretary of State - United States Cabinet - United States of America - Jun 13, 1800 - Mar 4, 1801;
Election campaigns: John Adams Presidential Campaign, 1796 John Adams Presidential Campaign, 1800 Government Positions Held: President - President of the United States - United States of America - Mar 4, 1797 - Mar 4, 1801; Vice President - Vice President of the United States - United States of America - Apr 21, 1789 - Mar 4, 1797; United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom - Congress of the Confederation - 1785 - 1788; United States Ambassador to the Netherlands - Congress of the Confederation - 1782 - 1788; Delegate - Continental Congress - Massachusetts - 1774 - 1777; Delegate to the Continental Congress - Continental Congress - First Continental Congress - Massachusetts - Sep 5, 1774 - Oct 26, 1774;
Party: Federalist Party;
President number: 2;
Vice president: Thomas Jefferson President: George Washington Vice President Number: 1;
Influenced By: Charles de Secondat, baron de Montesquieu Niccolò Machiavelli Cicero Peers: Benjamin Franklin; Thomas Jefferson;
Appointment made: Chief Justice of the United States - John Marshall - Feb 4, 1801; Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States - Alfred Moore - Apr 21, 1800; Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States - Bushrod Washington - Feb 4, 1799;
Date of death: Jul 4, 1826;
Place of burial: United First Parish Church, Quincy, Massachusetts Place of death: Quincy Children: Abigail “Nabby” Adams Smith Charles Adams John Quincy Adams Thomas Boylston Adams Susanna Adams Susanna Adams Date of birth: Oct 30, 1735;
Education: Harvard University;
Employment history: Mar 4, 1801 - Mar 4, 1809;
Gender: Male Height: 1.7 m;
Country of nationality: United States of America Parents: Susanna Boylston Adams John Adams Susanna Boylston Place of birth: Quincy Places lived: Massachusetts; Braintree;
Profession: Lawyer Politician Quotations: In my many years I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is a shame, two is a law firm, and three or more is a congress.;
Genius is sorrow's child. A desire to be observed, considered, esteemed, praised, beloved, and admired by his fellows is one of the earliest as well as the keenest dispositions discovered in the heart of man.; As much as I converse with sages and heroes, they have very little of my love and admiration. I long for rural and domestic scene, for the warbling of birds and the prattling of my children;
Thomas Jefferson -- still surv The Revolution was effected before the War commenced. The Revolution was in the minds and hearts of the people; a change in their religious sentiments of their duties and obligations. This radical change in the principles, opinions, sentiments, and affections of the people, was the real American Revolution.; But America is a great, unwieldy Body. Its Progress must be slow. It is like a large Fleet sailing under Convoy. The fleetest Sailors must wait for the dullest and slowest. Like a Coach and sixthe swiftest Horses must be slackened and the slowest quickened, that all may keep an even Pace.; Old minds are like old horses; you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order.; I Pray Heaven to Bestow The Best of Blessing on THIS HOUSE, and on All that shall hereafter Inhabit it. May none but Honest and Wise Men ever rule under This Roof!; You say that at the time of the Congress, in 1765, The great mass of the people were zealous in the cause of America. The great mass of the people is an expression that deserves analysis. New York and Pennsylvania were so nearly divided, if their propensity was not against us, that if New England on one side and Virginia on the other had not kept them in awe, they would have joined the British. Marshall, in his life of Washington, tells us, that the southern States were nearly equally divided. Look into the Journals of Congress, and you will see how seditious, how near rebellion were several counties of New York, and how much trouble we had to compose them. The last contest, in the town of Boston, in 1775, between whig and tory, was decided by five against two. Upon the whole, if we allow two thirds of the people to have been with us in the revolution, is not the allowance ample? Are not two thirds of the nation now with the administration? Divided we ever have been, and ever must be. Two thirds always had and will have more difficulty to struggle with the one third than with all our foreign enemies.;
Religion: Unitarianism Deism Siblings: Peter Adams; Elihu Adams;
Spouse (or domestic partner): Abigail Adams - Oct 30, 1735 - Jul 4, 1826 - Marriage;
Related Web Pages: New York Times New York Times Congressional Biography Daylife Topic Page Open Library Open Library Library of Congress Name Authority File (LCNAF) Virtual International Authority File Ranker Lists Vintage Winter Songs (Free Audio Download) The Adams Family Papers Editorial Project
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