Facts about John Adams

John Adams

John Adams

Concise Biography, History & Facts About John Adams
John Adams - Second President
John Adams Lifespan - 1735 - 1826
Place of Birth - October 30 1735 in Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts
Term as President - 1797-1801
Political Party - Federalist
Vice President / Vice Presidents - Thomas Jefferson who was a Democratic Republican.
Religion - Unitarian
John Adams, Military Experience - He had no military experience and there was not a war during his term

Name of Wife - John Adams was married to Abigail Smith Adams in 1764 
John Adams Family - His son John Quincy Adams became President. Susanna Adams, John Adam's granddaughter, lived in the White House during the last 4 months of his term
John Adams Education - Harvard
Career - Lawyer, Politician, Statesman
Member of Continental Congress, 1774-78
Commissioner to France, 1778
Minister to the Netherlands, 1780
Minister to England, 1785
Vice President, 1789-97 (under Washington)
Place of Death of John Adams - July 4, 1826, in Quincy, Massachusetts
Next President:
President Thomas Jefferson

Major events in the biography of President John Adams
DC becomes capital, White House president's home (1800)


Facts and History in the biography of President John Adams
Adams, as a teenager, was described by his father: "He was almost a man grown. He wasn't tall, not above five feet tall, but his shoulders were heavy. He was well knit, muscular, and quick and sure in his movements. His color was unusually high; just now his face was red from exertion, his blue eyes blazed." He opposed the Stamp Act, served as lawyer for patriots indicted by the British, and was in the vanguard of the movement for independence. He served as Vice President to George Washington. He went to France as commissioner. He helped negotiate the peace treaty with Britain, and in 1785 became envoy to London. Aged 90, Adams's death was ascribed to "merely the cessation of the functions of a body worn out by age" but heart failure was the probable cause of death.

Presidential Facts and Trivia in response to the question who was President John Adams

  • Description of President John Adams - Height 5 feet 7 inches

  • John Adams Age at Inauguration - 61 years old
  • He suffered from the following illnesses : respiratory infection and depression
  • Most of Adam’s teeth had fallen out but he refused to wear dentures and therefore talked with a lisp
  • Longevity ran in the Adams family: Paternal grandfather died at 83. Mother died at 85. Brother died at 85.
  • John Adams was the longest-living president
  • John Adams Age at Death - 90 years old
  • John Adams and his friend and sometimes enemy, Thomas Jefferson, both died on July 4th, 1826
  • His was the first presidential family to live in the partly finished White House
  • Presidential Facts and Trivia in response to the question who was John Adams!

President Coin or President Dollar Bill
The United States has placed likenesses of the Presidents on many types of coins and currency. John Adams does not appear

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