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John Adams
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| Order: | 2nd President
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| Term of Office:
| Saturday, March 4, 1797 -
Wednesday, March 3, 1801
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| Followed: | George Washington
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| Succeeded by: | Thomas Jefferson
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| Date of Birth | October 30, 1735
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| Place of Birth: | Braintree, Massachusetts
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| Date of Death: | Tuesday, July 4, 1826
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| Place of Death: | Braintree, Massachusetts
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| Abigail AdamsAbigail Smith Adams Date of Birth: November 11, 1744 Place of Birth: Weymouth, Massachusetts Date of Death: October 28, 1818 Place of Death: Quincy, Massachusetts Occupation: First Lady of the United States Remarks: Wife of John Adams and mother of John Q
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| Occupation: | lawyer
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John Adams ( October 30, 1735 - July 4, 1826) was the first ( 1789- 1797) Vice President of the United States, and the second ( 1797- 1801) President of the United States. His son, John Quincy Adams, was the sixth President of the United States ( 1825- 1829).
1 Biography
Adams was born on October 30, 1735 in what is now the town of Quincy, Massachusetts. His father, a farmer, also named John, was a fourth generation descendant of Henry Adams, who emigrated from Devon, England, to Massachusetts about 1636; his mother was Susanna Boylston Adams.
Young Adams graduated from Harvard College in 1755, and for a time taught school at Worcester and studied law in the office of Rufus Putnam. In 1758, he was admitted to the bar. From an early age he developed the habit of writing descriptions of events and impressions of men. The earliest of these is his report of the argument of James Otis in the superior court of Massachusetts as to the legality of Writs of Assistance. This was in 1761, and the argument inspired him with zeal for the cause of the American colonies. Years later, when he was an old man, Adams undertook to write out, at length, his recollections of this scene; it is instructive to compare the two accounts.
John Adams had none of the qualities of popular leadership which were so marked a characteristic of his second cousin, Samuel Adams; it was rather as a constitutional lawyer that he influenced the course of events. He was impetuous, intense and often vehement, could be mulishly stubborn, unflinchingly courageous, devoted with his whole soul to the cause he had espoused; but his vanity, his pride of opinion and his inborn contentiousness were serious handicaps to him in his political career. These qualities were particularly manifested at a later period—as, for example, during his term as president.
