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Concise Biography & Facts About
John Adams
John Adams -
Second President
Lifespan - 1735 - 1826
Place of Birth - October 30 1735 in Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts
Term as President -
1797-1801
Political Party -
Federalist
Vice President / Vice Presidents - Thomas Jefferson
who was a Democratic Republican.
Religion - Unitarian
John Adams, Military Experience -
He had no military experience and there was not a war during his
term
Name of Wife - John Adams was married to
Abigail Smith Adams
Family -
His son John Quincy Adams became President. Susanna Adams, John
Adam's granddaughter, lived in the White House during the last 4 months of his
term
Education -
Harvard
Career - Lawyer, Politician, Statesman
Member of Continental Congress, 1774-78
Commissioner to France, 1778
Minister to the Netherlands, 1780
Minister to England, 1785
Vice President, 1789-97 (under Washington)
Place of Death of John Adams - July 4, 1826, in Quincy, Massachusetts
Major events in the
biography of President
John Adams
DC becomes capital, White House president's home
(1800) and Ohio admitted (1803)
Facts and History in the biography of President John Adams
Adams, as a teenager, was described by his father: "He was almost a man grown. He wasn't tall, not above five feet tall, but his shoulders were heavy. He was well knit, muscular, and quick and sure in his movements. His color was unusually high; just now his face was red from exertion, his blue eyes blazed."
He opposed the Stamp Act, served as lawyer for patriots indicted by the British, and was in the vanguard of the movement for independence.
He served as Vice President to George Washington. He
went to France as commissioner. He helped negotiate the peace treaty with Britain, and in 1785 became envoy to London.
Aged 90, Adams's death was ascribed to "merely the cessation
of the functions of a body worn out by age" but heart failure
was the probable cause of death. Presidential Facts and Trivia about President John Adams
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Description of President
John Adams -
Height 5 feet
7 inches
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Age
at Inauguration - 61 years old
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He suffered from
the following illnesses : respiratory infection and depression
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Most of Adam’s teeth had fallen out but he refused to wear
dentures and therefore talked with a lisp
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Longevity ran in the Adams family: Paternal grandfather died at 83. Mother died at 85. Brother died at 85.
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John Adams was the longest-living president
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Age
at Death - 90 years old
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John Adams and his friend and sometimes enemy, Thomas Jefferson, both died on July 4th,
1826
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His was the first presidential family to live in the partly finished
White House
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Presidential Facts and Trivia about
John Adams!
President Coin or President Dollar Bill
( more Presidential Facts and Trivia about John Adams
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Presidential Money. The United States has placed likenesses of the Presidents on many types of coins and
currency. John Adams does not appear
President
John Adams and the Constitution of the USA (17th September,1787)
Information and Facts about any President of America is incomplete without
explaining his role and his power in the government of the country. We have
therefore included this section regarding the US Constitution. Under the U.S.
Constitution the president is the head of state, the commander in chief of the armed forces and is also the chief executive of the federal government.
Facts about
Eligibility
Article 2, Section 1, of the U.S. Constitution sets the requirements to hold
office.
Facts
about Term of Office
Following election he, and the Vice President, shall hold his office during the term of four
years. ( The twenty-second amendment, which started with the inauguration of Dwight Eisenhower,
limits the this to two terms)
President's
Executive Oath of Office
"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."
United States Constitution, Article II, Section 1, Clause 8
Facts about Main Presidential Duties
and power
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Commander-in-chief of the armed forces of the United States
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In times of war or national emergency to manage the national economy and protect the security of the United
States
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Nomination of the heads of all executive departments and agencies (Subject to Senate confirmation)
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Preparing the budget of the United States, although the Congress must approve it.
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Presidential legislative powers - The status of the country and his legislative proposals for the upcoming year are given in the annual State of the Union Address.
Facts
about Presidential judicial power
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Appointing important public officials such as ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls and judges of the Supreme Court.
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Granting reprieves and pardons to anyone convicted of breaking a federal law — except in a case of impeachment.
Facts
about Presidential power in foreign affairs
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Federal official primarily responsible for the relations of the United States with foreign nations.
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To make treaties and appoint ambassadors, ministers, and consuls (provided two thirds of the Senators present concur).
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To receive foreign ambassadors and other public officials.
The
US Constitution and all of the President's duties have been conducted by
Presidents, including John Adams,
since 1787. For more facts, information, trivia and a biography of each
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