John Adams - 2nd President of the United States ( 1797- 1801 )

Short, chubby, and cranky, second president was a hero of the American Revolution for his beliefs in American independence even though he never served a day in the military.

Nickname: His Rotundity, John Adams

Born: 30 October 1735
Birthplace: Braintree, Massachusetts
Died: 4 July 1826
Best Known As: President of the United States, 1797-1801
Spouse: Abigail Smith (1744–1818)
Vice President: Thomas Jefferson of Virginia (1797–1801)

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There you can get more facts from his: early life, early political career ( Sent (1774) to the First Continental Congress, he distinguished himself, and in the Second Continental Congress he was a moderate but forceful revolutionary. ), diplomatic career ( Adams was one of the negotiators who drew up the momentous Treaty of Paris (1783; see Paris, Treaty of) to end the American Revolution. After this service he obtained another Dutch loan and then was envoy (1785-88) to Great Britain, where he met with British coldness and unwillingness to discuss the problems growing out of the treaty. He asked for his own recall and ended a significant but generally discouraging diplomatic career.), presidency and retirement.

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*FUN FACTS*

HARVARD, A PRESIDENTIAL TRADITION?

John Adams was the first American president to go to Harvard College, but he has hardly been the last. More American presidents have attended this Cambridge, Massachusetts, institution of higher learning than any other college in the country!


A SIGNIFICANT DATE OF DEATH

John Adams and Thomas Jefferson died on the same day: July 4, 1826, the fiftieth anniversary of their greatest achievement, the Declaration of Independence. Adams's last words before he died that evening were: “Jefferson still lives.” There was no way he could have known that Thomas Jefferson himself had died earlier that same day!