Adams, John

Cultural  

1. A political leader of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries; one of the Founding Fathers. Adams was a signer of the Declaration of Independence. He was the second president, from 1797 to 1801, after George Washington. Washington and Adams were the only presidents from the Federalist party. Adams's presidency was marked by diplomatic challenges, in which he avoided war with France. The Alien and Sedition Acts were passed while he was president.

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Example Sentences

Only three presidents - John Adams, John Quincy Adams and Andrew Johnson - have actively chosen to sit out their successor's inaugurations, and none in the last century.

From BBC • Jan. 18, 2021

Outgoing Presidents John Adams, John Quincy Adams and Andrew Johnson all skipped the inaugurations of the men who replaced them, for assorted personal reasons.

From Washington Times • Dec. 20, 2020

The Presidents Adams, John and John Quincy, knew that the powerful in government were elitists, no matter what they called themselves.

From The Guardian • Apr. 13, 2019

Samuel Adams, John Hancock, and Richard Henry Lee were not selected as delegates by their States.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2016

Adams, John, on the constitutional balances, 12, 13; influence of, as President, 41; claim of originality for the Constitution, 55, 249.

From Congressional Government A Study in American Politics by Wilson, Woodrow