2. JOHN ADAMS (1797-1801)

Artist: Gilbert Stuart, c. 1800-1815 (National Gallery of Art)
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OVERVIEW:

BORN:
October 30, 1735
Braintree, Massachusetts

DIED:
July 4, 1826 (age 90):
Quincy, Massachusetts

EDUCATION:
Harvard University (BA, MA)

POLITICAL PARTY:
Pro-Administration (before 1795)
Federalist (1795–c. 1808)
Democratic-Republican (c. 1808–1826)

HIGHLIGHTS: 
1758:

Admitted to the Massachusetts Bar
1785-1788:
First U.S. Minister to the United Kingdom
1789-1797:
First Vice President of the United States
1797-1801:
Second President of the United States

FIRST LADY:

Abigail Adams
ABIGAIL ADAMS

VICE PRESIDENT:

Thomas Jefferson
THOMAS JEFFERSON

RESOURCES:

BIOGRAPHIES:
The White House
UVA  Miller Center
Biographical Directory of Congress
U.S. House of Representatives
Senate Historical Office
Massachusetts Historical Society
White House Historical Association 
Wikipedia

PAPERS:
Founders Online (National Archives)
Massachusetts Historical Society
American Presidency Project (UCSB)
Avalon Project (Yale) 

GENERAL BACKGROUND:
Online Books By John Adams (University of Pennsylvania)
Online Books About John Adams (University of Pennsylvania)

RECOMMENDED BOOKS:

JOHN ADAMS by David McCullough
JOHN ADAMS: A LIFE by John Ferling
PASSIONATE SAGE by Joseph J. Ellis
JOHN ADAMS by Page Smith

1796 ELECTION:

FEDERALIST:
JOHN ADAMS 
Electoral Vote:  71 (51.1%)

DEMOCRATIC-REPUBLICAN:
THOMAS JEFFERSON
Electoral Vote:  68 (48.9%)

NOTE:
Prior to the ratification of the 12th Amendment in 1804, the presidential candidate with the second highest number of electoral votes was elected Vice President.

1797 INAUGURATION:

Inaugural Address
Library of Congress

1800 ELECTION:

DEMOCRATIC-REPUBLICAN:
THOMAS JEFFERSON
Electoral Vote: 73 (52.9%)

FEDERALIST:
JOHN ADAMS
Electoral Vote: 65 (47.1%)

NOTE:
Prior to the ratification of the 12th Amendment in 1804, the presidential candidate with the second highest number of electoral votes was elected Vice President.

ADAMS ADMINISTRATION:

ATTORNEY GENERAL:
Charles Lee (1795–1801)

SECRETARY OF THE NAVY
Benjamin Stoddert (1798–1801)

POSTMASTER GENERAL:
Joseph Habersham (1795–1801)

SECRETARY OF STATE:
Timothy Pickering (1795-1800)
John Marshall (1800-1801)

SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY:
Oliver Wolcott Jr. (1795–1800)
Samuel Dexter (1801)

SECRETARY OF WAR:
Samuel Dexter (1800–1801)
James McHenry (1796-1800)

SUPREME COURT NOMINATIONS:

John Marshall (1801-1835)
Alfred Moore (1799-1804)
Bushrod Washington (1798-1829)

CONGRESS:

Congress Hall 1.26.16b
U.S. Senate Chamber in Congress Hall in Philadelphia, PA, where the Senate met from 1790 to 1800.

SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE:
Jonathan Dayton (1795-1799)
Theodore Sedgwick (1799-1801)

SENATE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE:
Richard H. Lee (1792)

IMAGE GALLERY:

HISTORIC SITES:

The “Old House,” home of John and John Quincy Adams, Quincy, Massachusetts

Adams National Historic Park

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