John Adams

John Adams
2nt Preses o the Unitit States
In office Mairch 4, 1797 – Mairch 4, 1801
Vice Preses	Thomas Jefferson
Precedit bi	George Washington
Succeedit bi	Thomas Jefferson
1st Vice Preses o the Unitit States
In office Aprile 21, 1789* – Mairch 4, 1797
Preses	George Washington
Precedit bi	Poseetion estaiblisht
Succeedit bi	Thomas Jefferson
Unitit States Meenister tae the Coort o St. James's
In office Aprile 1, 1785 – Mairch 30, 1788
Appyntit bi	Congress o the Confederation
Precedit bi	Poseetion estaiblisht
Succeedit bi	Thomas Pinckney
Unitit States Meenister tae the Netherlands
In office Aprile 19, 1782 – Mairch 30, 1788
Appyntit bi	Congress o the Confederation
Precedit bi	Poseetion estaiblisht
Succeedit bi	Charles Dumas Actin
Delegate tae the Seicont Continental Congress frae Massachusetts
In office Mey 10, 1775 – Juin 27, 1778
Precedit bi	Poseetion estaiblisht
Succeedit bi	Samuel Holten
Delegate tae the First Continental Congress frae Massachusetts Bay
In office September 5, 1774 – October 26, 1774
Precedit bi	Poseetion estaiblisht
Succeedit bi	Poseetion abolished
Personal details
Born	30 October 1735(1735-10-30) Braintree, Massachusetts (nou Quincy, Massachusetts, U.S.)
Dee'd	4 Julie 1826(1826-07-04) (aged 90) Quincy, Massachusetts, U.S.
Restin place	Unitit First Parish Kirk Quincy, Massachusetts
Poleetical pairty	Federalist
Spoose(s)	Abigail Smith
Bairns	Nabby John Quincy Susanna Charles Thomas Elizabeth (Stillborn)
Alma mater	Harvard Varsity
Religion	Unitarianism (umwhile Congregationalism)
Signatur
Adams' term as Vice Preses is whiles leetit as stairtin on either Mairch 4 or Aprile 6. Mairch 4 is the offeecial stairt o the first vice presidential term. Aprile 6 is the date that Congress coontit the electoral votes an certified a Vice Preses. Aprile 21 is the date that Adams begoud presidin ower the Senate.

John Adams (October 30 [O.S. October 19] 1735 – Julie 4, 1826) wis the secont preses o the Unitit States (1797–1801), haein aerlier servit as the first vice preses o the Unitit States. An American Foondin Faither, Adams wis a statesman, diplomat, an a leadin advocate o American unthirldom frae Great Britain. Weel educatit, he wis an Enlichtenment political theorist that heezed republicanism, as weel as a strang central govrenment, an wrate prolifically anent his aft seminal ideas, baith in furthsetten wirks an in letters tae his wife an key adviser Abigail Adams, as weel as tae ither Foondin Faithers. Adams wis a lifelang opponent o slavery, haein niver boucht a sclave. In 1770, he gied a principled, controversial, an successfu legal defence tae British sodgers, accuised in the Boston Massacre acause he believit in the richt tae counsel an the "pertect[ion] o innocence."