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 John Adams - definition of John Adams in Encyclopedia
Adams appointed the following Justices to the Supreme Court of the United States.
John Adams was a member of the Continental Congress from 1774 to 1778.
In 1800, Adams was again the Federalist candidate for the presidency, but the distrust of him in his own party, the popular disapproval of the Alien and Sedition Acts, and the popularity of his opponent, Thomas Jefferson, combined to cause his defeat.
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 Adams, John Quincy - Columbia Encyclopedia article about Adams, John Quincy
Adams appointed Clay secretary of state, over the Jacksonians' cry that the appointment fulfilled a corrupt bargain.
Perhaps most notably, Adams was also the architect of the somewhat misleadingly named Monroe Doctrine Monroe Doctrine, principle of American foreign policy enunciated in President James Monroe's message to Congress, Dec. 2, 1823.
He went as a colonial agent to England, then served as a delegate to the Massachusetts provincial council (1776–80) and the Continental Congress (1776–78), before accompanying (1779) John Adams on his mission to Paris.
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 AllRefer.com - John Adams, 2d President of the United States (U.S. History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
John Adams 1735–1826, 2d President of the United States (1797–1801), b.
John Adams and his wife, Abigail Adams, founded one of the most distinguished families of the United States; their son, John Quincy Adams, was also President.
John Adams, 2d President of the United States, U.S. History, Biographies
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 Adams, John - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Adams, John
His son, John Quincy Adams, became president in 1825.
Adams was born in Braintree (now Quincy), Massachusetts, studied at Harvard, and became a barrister in 1758.
In 1785 he became the first US ambassador in London.
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