John Adams Biography

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John Adams Biography

John Adams (1735 - 1826)

Member of the Continental Congress, diplomat, vice president and second president of the United States (1797-1801). Revolutionary War Figure.

John Adams, son of Deacon John Adams and Susanna Boylston, was the fifth generation from Henry Adams who reached the shores of America, from England, in 1633.

Born: October 30, 1735, North Precinct of Braintree (now Quincy), Massachusetts

Died: July 4, 1826, in Quincy, Massachusetts. Buried: Quincy, Massachusetts

Nickname: "Atlas of Independence"

Education: Harvard College (graduated 1755)

Religion: Unitarian

Career: Lawyer

Marriage: October 25, 1764, to Abigail Smith (1744-1818)

Five children: Abigail Amelia (1765-1813), John Quincy Adams (1767-1848), Susanna (1768-1770), Charles (1770-1832), Thomas Boylston (1772-1832).

Adams was the first president to attend Harvard University and the first to have a son become president (from 1825-29). John Adams was too the grandfather of Charles Francis Adams; cousin of Samuel Adams;father-in-law of William Stephens Smith)

John Adams Biography Timeline 

1755: Graduated from Harvard College.

1758: Was admitted to the bar. Started practice in Suffolk County. Joined the Sons of Liberty.

1764 : Married Abigail Smith. Abigail Adams saw herself as first and foremost her husband's wife she as a gifted intellectual in her own right.

1765 : Argued against the Stamp Act.

1768: Elected to represent Boston in general court.

1774-1777: Member of the Continental Congress.

1776: Helped draft the Declaration of Independence. Proposed George Washington (of Virginia) for General of the American Army. He resigned as member of the Board of War to accept appointment as commissioner to the Court of France.

1782: Ministrer Plenipotentiary to Holland.

1785-1788: First Minister to England.

1788: Elected, under George Washington presidency, first Vice President of the United States.

1789 - 1797 : He was reelected in 1792 and served from 1789 to 1797.

1796: Beat Thomas Jefferson and became President of the United States. (He followed George Washington as President of the United States9.

1797: Elected President of the United States (1797-1801).

1800: He served one term before losing to Thomas Jefferson in the 1800's elections.

1820: Delegate to the constitutional convention of Massachussetts.

1826, July 4: John Adams and Thomas Jefferson died on the same day: July 4, 1826. It was the 50th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence.

Interment under the old First Congregational Church, now called the United First Parish Church.

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