On March 4, 1801, John Adams ... the newly built White House before first light. The loss was, in some ways, close. Jefferson had claimed nine states and 73 electoral votes to Adams’s seven ...

Perhaps the clearest examples of distinguished public careers taking a back seat to a mixed legacy as president are those of John and ... near the White House. As a diplomat Adams may have lacked ...

In this lesson, students will view background videos to learn ... process that followed. What was John Adams doing during this time in the White House? When was Thomas Jefferson declared the ...

John Adams, the bookish and brilliant Founding Father who gave both the American Revolution and constitutional government their intellectual foundations, was chosen by the Continental Congress to ...

The Adams family — John, Abigail, and their descendants, including the nation’s sixth president, John Quincy Adams — embodied the intellectual fortitude and moral courage that defined ...

This journey was, in part, guided by one of America’s earliest champions of liberty – John Adams, a man who shaped not only his own time but laid the foundations for justice that resonate today.

In 1788, when John Adams returned from Europe to a hero's welcome, he came home to limitless possibilities. The presidency would belong to George Washignton, of course, but what office would suit ...