Samuel Adams
American statesman, political philosopher, governor of Massachusetts and Founding Father of the United States (1722-1803) · United States · On the map · Politicians · Died at 81
Samuel Adams was an American statesman, political philosopher, and a Founding Father.
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![While at Harvard University, Adams boarded at Massachusetts Hall.[6]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Massachusetts_Hall%2C_Harvard_University.JPG/1280px-Massachusetts_Hall%2C_Harvard_University.JPG)
While at Harvard University, Adams boarded at Massachusetts Hall.[6]![The Old South Meeting House (1968 photo shown) was Adams's church. During the crisis with Great Britain, mass meetings were held here that were too large for Faneuil Hall.[36]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Old_South_Meetinghouse_BW.jpg/1280px-Old_South_Meetinghouse_BW.jpg)
The Old South Meeting House (1968 photo shown) was Adams's church. During the crisis with Great Britain, mass meetings were held here that were too large for Faneuil Hall.[36]![Anne Whitney, Samuel Adams, bronze and granite statue, 1880, located in front of Faneuil Hall, which was the home of the Boston Town Meeting[88]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Safhall1_copy.jpg/1280px-Safhall1_copy.jpg)
Anne Whitney, Samuel Adams, bronze and granite statue, 1880, located in front of Faneuil Hall, which was the home of the Boston Town Meeting[88]
Paul Revere's 1768 engraving of British troops arriving in Boston was reprinted throughout the colonies.![This iconic 1846 lithograph by Nathaniel Currier was entitled "The Destruction of Tea at Boston Harbor"; the phrase "Boston Tea Party" had not yet become standard.[182]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Boston_Tea_Party_Currier_colored.jpg/1280px-Boston_Tea_Party_Currier_colored.jpg)
This iconic 1846 lithograph by Nathaniel Currier was entitled "The Destruction of Tea at Boston Harbor"; the phrase "Boston Tea Party" had not yet become standard.[182]
Adams as portrayed by Paul Revere, 1774. Yale University Art Gallery.![In John Trumbull's Declaration of Independence, Adams is seated to the viewer's right of Richard Henry Lee, whose legs are crossed in the front row.[226]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Declaration_of_Independence_%281819%29%2C_by_John_Trumbull.jpg/1280px-Declaration_of_Independence_%281819%29%2C_by_John_Trumbull.jpg)
In John Trumbull's Declaration of Independence, Adams is seated to the viewer's right of Richard Henry Lee, whose legs are crossed in the front row.[226]Awards
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He was a politician in colonial Massachusetts, a leader of the movement that became the American Revolution, a signatory of the Declaration of Independence and other founding documents, and one of the architects of the principles of American republicanism that shaped the political culture of the United States. He was a second cousin to his fellow Founding Father, President John Adams. He founded the Sons of Liberty.
