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John Adams

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    Lifetime

    John Adams, second president of the United States and one of the great figures in American history.

  • Born

    John Adams is born

  • Graduation

    After graduating in 1755, he took a teaching position in Worcester, Massachusetts, and continued to study.

  • Work

    In 1758 Adams began to practice law in Braintree. He slowly gained recognition as an able lawyer, first in Braintree, then in Boston.

  • Marriage

    In 1764 after a courtship of three years, Adams married Abigail Smith, daughter of a Weymouth, Massachusetts, minister.

  • Defended two loyalists

    In 1770, as tensions in the colonies were at a fever point, Adams defended the pair at trial and they were found not guilty.

  • First Contimental Army

    In 1774 Adams attended the First Continental Congress, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as a member of the Massachusetts delegation.
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    Vice president

    Adams took office on April 30, 1789. He served as vice president under Washington for eight years. The office, which was intended to provide a head of government in case of the president's death, did not suit the spirited Adams. He regarded the vice presidency as unworthy of his abilities, calling it “the most insignificant office that ever the invention of man contrived.”

  • Inaugurated as President

    John Adams was inaugurated as president at Federal Hall, Philadelphia, on March 4, 1797. Philadelphia was then the nation's capital. Adams spent only the last few months of his presidency at the new capital, Washington, D.C.

  • Creation of US Marine Band

    In 1798, Adams signed an act of Congress for the creation of the United States Marine Band, “the oldest continuously active professional musical organization in our country.”

  • Living in the White House

    Adams and his wife Abigail moved into the White House in 1800, before it was even completed, and lived there for four months before his term ended.

  • Death

    Adams died on July 4, 1826, the 50th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. His last words were “Jefferson still lives.” But Jefferson himself had died only a few hours before.