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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.
John Adams wrote to his wife on the following day and predicted that July 2 would become a great American holiday. [25]: 703–704 He thought that the vote for independence would be commemorated; he did not foresee that Americans would instead celebrate Independence Day on the date when the announcement of that act was finalized.
By remarkable coincidence, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, the only two signatories of the Declaration of Independence later to serve as presidents of the United States, both died on the same day: July 4, 1826, which was the 50th anniversary of the Declaration. [16]
From the outset, Americans celebrated independence on July 4, the date shown on the Declaration of Independence. John Adams foresaw Independence Day popularity. Here's why he thought it would be ...
Accounts indicate that Stockton insisted on hearing both sides of the debate before making a decision but was swayed to support independence by the powerful argument of John Adams. He concurred in ...
The date that the Declaration was signed has long been the subject of debate. Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and John Adams all wrote that it was signed by Congress on the day when it was adopted on July 4, 1776. [1] That assertion is seemingly confirmed by the signed copy of the Declaration, which is dated July 4.
To all Americans on this Independence Day: You’re doing it wrong. Upon the successful vote in the Second Continental Congress confirming American independence, Massachusetts delegate John Adams ...
Congress Voting Independence, by Robert Edge Pine (1784–1788), depicts the Committee of Five in the center Writing the Declaration of Independence, 1776, Jean Leon Gerome Ferris' idealized 1900 depiction of (left to right) Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson of the Committee of Five working on the Declaration.