John Adams

Age:  61 years
old Wife:  Abigail

Political Party:
Federalist

Term(s) as President:
1797-1801

Home State:  Born: October 30 1735 in Braintree,
Norfolk, Massachusetts

Notes:  Served as
1st Vice President

- Inauguration – March 1797

-Harvard Educations

very insecure but ambitious

spoke with a lisp.

Poor people skills

Erratic

Political pedigree

– signer of Declaration of Independence.

- member of Continental Congress

- Minister to France

- 1st Vice President

kingly – opinionated

stubborn – fits of anger

2 major issues

X,Y, Z Affair
– French officials demand a bribe.

1798- Alien and Sedition Act – made it a crime to
speak falsely against government officials.

Treaty with France
– avoids war

Father of the American Navy

1st President to live in Executive Mansion

1st President to not be re-elected

Lost election to Jackson

***  John Adams
and Thomas Jefferson both signed the Declaration of Independence – both
died on July 4, 1826,
the 50th Anniversary of Signing the Declaration of
Independence.  ****