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John Adams
John Adams was a Founding Father and the second president of the United States from 1797 to 1801. Before his presidency, he was a leader of the American Revolution that achieved independence from Great Britain. During the latter part of the Revolutionary War and in the early years of the new nation, he served the Continental Congress of the United States as a senior diplomat in Europe. Adams was t…
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Founding Father · U.S. president from 1797 to 1801 · Founding Father, U.S. president from 1797 to 1801 · lawyer · politician · diplomat · political philosopher · statesperson · writer · ambassador · President of the United States from 1797 to 1801 · also John Adams, J. Adams, Adams
Born 30 October 1735 · Died 4 July 1826 · Q11806
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2026· 12 entries
adams.house.gov: Reps. Adams, Raskin Introduce HONEST Act to Protect Colleges from Politically Motivated IRS Investigations
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Next Big Idea Club: From John Adams to Tech Billionaires: America’s Long Debate Over Equality
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“Power must be opposed to power, and interest to interest.”
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“Before I end my letter, I pray Heaven to bestow the best of Blessings on this House and all that shall hereafter inhabit it. May none but honest and wise Men ever rule under this roof.”
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“The essence of the whole will be that Dr. Franklin”
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“proud Spirited, conceited, aspiring Mortal always pretending to Morality, with as debauched Morals as old Franklin who is more his Model than any one I know.”
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“a curse rather than a blessing.”
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“above our chin to prevent us from drowning, but not to lift our heads out of water.”
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“the pillar of [the Declaration”
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“yesterday was decided the greatest question which was ever debated in America, and a greater perhaps never was nor will be decided among men.”
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Public attention spiked: 37,637 Wikipedia readers in one day, 7.5× the usual 4,990, with 2 article edits. Editors noted: change category name
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2024· 2 entries
Snopes rated the claim “John Adams once said, "There are two ways to conquer and enslave a country. One is by the sword. The other is by debt."” False.
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Snopes.com rated the claim “John Adams once said, "There are two ways to conquer and enslave a country. One is by the sword. The other is by debt."” False.
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2022· 1 entry
Snopes rated the claim “A meme titled, "Damn Those Pesky Facts," shows genuine quotes about religion from former U.S. Presidents Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and James Madison, as well as author Thomas Paine.” Mixture.
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2021· 1 entry
Snopes rated the claim “Former U.S. President John Adams once said "For true patriots to be silent, is dangerous."” Incorrect Attribution.
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2020· 1 entry
PolitiFact rated the claim “Says President John Adams fired Alexander Hamilton.” Hamilton resigned first.
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2017· 1 entry
PolitiFact rated the claim “Says John Quincy Adams said, "If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more, you are a leader.” False.
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2009· 1 entry
“It seems to me that while you are struggling for your own liberty, you are not applying the principle universally”
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2008· 1 entry
A miniseries was released based on the McCullough biography, featuring Paul Giamatti as Adams
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2001· 2 entries
McCullough published the biography John Adams, in which he lauds Adams for consistency and honesty, "plays down or explains away" his more controversial actions, and criticizes Jefferson
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McCullough argued that "The problem with Adams is that most Americans know nothing about him" while Todd Leopold of CNN wrote that Adams is "remembered as that guy who served a single term as president between Washington
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1826· 11 entries
Died 1826-07-04.
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– the fiftieth anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence
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The 50th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence, Adams died of a heart attack at Peacefield at approximately 6:20 pm
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“I can treat all with decency and civility, and converse with them, when it is necessary, on points of business. But I am never happy in their company.”
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“You will never be alone with a poet in your pocket.”
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“Nip the shoots of arbitrary power in the bud, is the only maxim which can ever preserve the liberties of any people.”
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“Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence...”
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“Posterity! You will never know, how much it cost the present generation, to preserve your Freedom! — I hope you will make a good use of it. — if you do not, I shall repent in Heaven, that I ever took half the pains to preserve it. —”
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“A government of laws, and not of men.”
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“There are few people in this world with whom I can converse.”
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“There was a physical quality in us resembling the power of electricity or of the magnet, by which when a pair approached within a striking distance they flew together like the needle to the pole or like two objects in electric experiments.”
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1825· 1 entry
The Unitarians split off as a separate denomination, which included John Adams
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1813· 1 entry
Adams suggested that the Christian Trinity was likely a "fabrication" derived from Pythagorean and Platonic philosophies rather than divine revelation
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1809· 1 entry
“abdicated and disclaimed the name and character and attributes of that sect.”
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1808· 1 entry
After the Federalist-controlled Massachusetts Senate refused to nominate him for a second term
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1804· 2 entries
In a duel with Aaron Burr, Adams felt the need to vindicate his character against his charges
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Abigail, unbeknownst to her husband, wrote to Jefferson to express her condolences upon the death of his daughter Polly, who had stayed with the Adamses in London in 1787
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1803· 1 entry
Bird, Savage & Bird, the bank holding his cash reserves of about $13,000, collapsed
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1801· 2 entries
– on the 36th ballot – Jefferson was elected by a vote of 10 to 4 (two states abstained)
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The Senate voted 16–14 in favor of the treaty, four votes short of the necessary two thirds
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1800· 3 entries
Adams's frustrations with the Hamilton wing of the party exploded during a meeting with McHenry, a Hamilton loyalist who was universally regarded, even by Hamilton, as an inept Secretary of War
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It fell to Adams to appoint the Court's fourth Chief Justice
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Signed the law establishing the Library of Congress
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1797· 1 entry
Career landmark: President of the United States (1797–1801).
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1796· 1 entry
Career landmark: President-elect of the United States (1796–1797).
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1789· 1 entry
Career landmark: Vice President of the United States (1789–1797).
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1788· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States Ambassador to France (1788–1788).
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1785· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom (1785–1788).
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1782· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States Ambassador to the Netherlands (1782–1788).
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1780· 1 entry
Awarded Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1780).
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1770· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1770).
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1735· 1 entry
Born 1735-10-30.
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