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John Adams (October 30, 1735 – July 4, 1826) was an American Founding Father who served as 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 .
The presidency of John Adams, began on March 4, 1797, when John Adams was inaugurated as the second President of the United States, and ended on March 4, 1801. Adams, who had served as vice president under George Washington , took office as president after winning the 1796 presidential election .
Founding Father John Adams, a Federalist, was elected to the vice-presidency and then the presidency. The Alien and Sedition Acts were among the most controversial acts established by the Federalist Party. These acts were four bills passed in 1798 by the Federalist Congress and signed into law by Adams.
John Barry, an officer in the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War, has been credited as "The Father of the American Navy" (sharing the descriptor with John Paul Jones and John Adams) [94] and was the first captain of a U.S. warship commissioned for service under the Continental flag.
The Democratic Boston Statesman accused Adams of being a secret Hartford Federalist attempting to revive the "reign of terror" under his father. Adams responded by accusing the old Hartford Federalists of treason and attempting to dissolve the union to form their own confederation.
(a) Votes for Federalist electors have been assigned to John Adams and votes for Democratic-Republican electors have been assigned to Thomas Jefferson. (b) Only 9 of the 16 states used any form of popular vote. (c) Those states that did choose electors by popular vote had widely varying restrictions on suffrage via property requirements.
May 3 – The Federalist Party nominates Adams as its candidate for the 1800 presidential election. [1] May 5 – Adams has a meeting with James McHenry, his Secretary of War, which becomes a heated argument and sours the relationship between the two. [39] May 6 – McHenry declares his resignation as Secretary of War, effective June 1. [39]
John Adams (1735–1826) was an American Founding Father who served as one of the most important diplomats on behalf of the new United States during the American Revolution. He served as minister to the Kingdom of France and the Dutch Republic and then helped negotiate the Treaty of Paris to end the American Revolutionary War .