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Real Name |
John Adams |
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Born |
October 30, 1735 |
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Died |
July 4, 1826 |
Origin[]
John Adams was a Founding Father, revolutionary leader, and the second U.S. president (1797–1801). A lawyer and advocate for justice, he defended British soldiers after the Boston Massacre, served as a key delegate to the Continental Congress, and helped draft and promote the Declaration of Independence. As a diplomat, he secured loans and negotiated peace with Britain. He wrote the Massachusetts Constitution, which influenced the U.S. Constitution.
Adams served as the nation’s first vice president under Washington before becoming president. His term was marked by tensions over the French Revolutionary Wars, the Alien and Sedition Acts, and conflict within his Federalist Party, leading to his 1800 defeat by Thomas Jefferson. Afterward, he retired in Massachusetts, later rekindling his friendship with Jefferson.
Adams and his wife Abigail founded a prominent political family, including their son John Quincy Adams, the sixth president. He and his son were the only early presidents who never owned slaves. Adams died on July 4, 1826, the 50th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
Public Domain Appearances[]
All published appearances and works of John Adams from before January 1, 1931 are public domain in the US.
Some notable appearances are listed below:
Public Domain Literary Appearances[]
- "Adams, John," in Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition (v. 1) (1878)
- "Adams, John," in The American Cyclopædia (1879)
- "Adams, John," by Harry A. Cushing in The New International Encyclopædia, New York: Dodd, Mead and Co. (1905)
- "Adams, John," in The Nuttall Encyclopædia, (ed.) by James Wood, London: Frederick Warne and Co., Ltd. (1907)
- "Adams, John," by Edward Channing in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
- "Adams, John," in The New Student's Reference Work, Chicago: F.E. Compton and Co. (1914)
- “John Adams” by John Fiske in The Presidents of the United States, 1789-1914 (1914) which is based on "Adams, John," in Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography, New York: D. Appleton and Co. (1900)
- "Adams, John," by Forrest Morgan in The Encyclopedia Americana, New York: The Encyclopedia Americana Corporation (1920)
- "Adams, John," in Collier's New Encyclopedia, New York: P. F. Collier & Son Co. (1921)
- “Adams, John” by Joseph McCabe in A Biographical Dictionary of Ancient, Medieval, and Modern Freethinkers, 1945.
- "Adams, John," in A Biographical Dictionary of Modern Rationalists (pp. 7−8), (ed.) by Joseph McCabe, London: Watts & Co. (1920)
Public Domain Works[]
- Inaugural Address (4 March 1797)
- First State of the Union Address (22 November 1797)
- Second State of the Union Address (8 December 1798)
- Third State of the Union Address (3 December 1799)
- Fourth State of the Union Address (22 November 1800)
- On the Law of Nature and the Moral Sense among Animals and among Men (1758)
- A Dissertation on the Canon and Feudal Law (1765)
- Novanglus Essays (1775)
- Draft of the Declaration of Independence (June 1776)
- Thoughts on Government (1776)
- Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1780) with Samuel Adams and John Bowdoin
- Treaty of Paris (1783) negotiated with colleagues Benjamin Franklin and John Jay and minister plenipotentiary David Hartley of his Brittannic majesty, ending the American Revolutionary war.
- A Defense of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America (1787)
- XYZ Address (16 May 1797)
- The Meaning of the American Revolution (1818)
Public Domain Comic Appearances[]
- Our Presidents from Washington to Eisenhower
- Life Stories of the American Presidents #1
- Treasure Chest of Fun & Fact v11 #10
- True Comics #24
- Champ Comics #11
- Gabby Hayes Western #29
- It Really Happened #6