When President John Adams died on July 4, 1826, the moment was rife with bizarre coincidences. Not only had the Founding ...

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 ...

‘Making the Presidency: John Adams and the Precedents That Forged the Republic’ By Lindsay M. Chervinsky Oxford University Press, 440 pages In 1797, John Adams became the second American president, ...

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with historian Lindsay Chervinsky about lessons on the American presidency that can be learned from the then fledgling nation's second president, John Adams.

If John Quincy Adams had retired after his service in the administration of President James Monroe, his reputation might differ from what it has become. John Quincy’s principal biographer, Samuel ...

The second president of the USA, John Adams, was a founding father of the Federalist Party. Explore his biography, presidency challenges like the Alien and Sedition Acts, and key accomplishments ...

John Adams and John Quincy Adams were public figures who made significant contributions to the founding and expansion of the American republic, and an effort is being made to establish a memorial i… ...

John Adams thought July 2 would be marked as a national holiday for generations to come: “[Independence Day] will be the most memorable Epocha, in the History of America. I am a ...

John Adams and Thomas Jefferson will always be linked, as Founding Fathers and presidents. They even died on the same day — July 4, 1826. At the Continental Congress and on diplomatic missions ...

President John Adams rejected July 4 celebrations, insisting July 2 marked true American independence. Learn the story behind ...

We can point to things that went on in the (John) Adams presidency or in the Civil War and reconstruction or the (Joe) McCarthy era, but not this number of things or the speed with which they have ...

Adams won; Jefferson took the Vice-Presidency. In 1800 they were pitted against each other again. This time Jefferson won, but their friendship lapsed.