John Adams

Founding Father, U.S. president from 1797 to 1801

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Lived 1735–1826, aged 91United States

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1735–1826
Aged 91

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Adams helped birth the US as a Revolutionary agitator, then steered it as second president (1797–1801). His real legacy might be the letters—obsessive correspondence with Jefferson, his wife Abigail, and pretty much anyone who'd write back.

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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 the first vice president of the United States, serving from 1789 to 1797. He was a dedicated diarist and regularly corresponded with contemporaries, including his wife and advisor Abigail Adams and his…

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