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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—Massachusetts / USJohn ADAMS
(1735-1826)
ADAMS, John, (father of
John Quincy Adams; grandfather of Charles Francis Adams; cousin of
Samuel Adams; father-in-law of William Stephens Smith), a Delegate
from Massachusetts and a Vice President and 2d President of the
United States; born in Braintree, Mass., October 19, 1735;
graduated from Harvard College in 1755; studied law; admitted to
the bar in 1758 and commenced practice in Suffolk County; joined
the Sons of Liberty and argued against the Stamp Act; was elected
to represent Boston in the general court in 1768; Member of the
Continental Congress 1774-1777; signed the Declaration of
Independence and proposed George Washington, of Virginia, for
General of the American Army; became a member of the Board of War,
but resigned to accept appointment as commissioner to the Court of
France; Minister Plenipotentiary to Holland 1782; first Minister to
England 1785-1788; elected in 1788 as the first Vice President of
the United States with George Washington as President; reelected in
1792 and served from April 21, 1789, to March 3, 1797; elected
President of the United States and served from March 4, 1797, to
March 3, 1801; delegate to the constitutional convention of
Massachusetts 1820; died in Quincy, Mass., July 4, 1826; interment
under the old First Congregational Church, now called the United
First Parish Church.
Bibliography
McCullough, David. John Adams. New York: Simon &
Schuster, 2001; Ryerson, Richard Alan, ed. John Adams and the
Founding of the Republic. Boston: Massachusetts Historical
Society (Northeastern University Press), 2001.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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