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John Adams. The happiness of society is the end of government. John Adams. I must not write a word to you about politics, because you are a woman. John Adams. The right of a nation to kill a tyrant in case of necessity can no more be doubted than to hang a robber, or kill a flea. John Adams.
John Adams: With Paul Giamatti, Laura Linney, John Dossett, Stephen Dillane. The life of one of the USA's Founding Fathers, its second President, and his role in the nation's first 50 years.
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Inaugural Address. March 04, 1797. John Adams Event Timeline. March 25, 1797. Proclamation—Convening an Extra Session of the Congress. May 16, 1797. Address to a Joint Session of Congress on Relations with France. May 24, 1797. Message in Reply to the Senate.
Jul 5, 2024 · John Adams - Vice Presidency, Election & Presidency: Soon after his return to the United States, Adams found himself on the ballot in the presidential election of 1789. Washington was the unanimous selection of all electors, while Adams finished second, signaling that his standing as a leading member of the revolutionary generation was superseded only by that of Washington himself. Under the electoral rules established in the recent ratified Constitution, Adams was duly elected America’s ...
John Adams is a 2008 American television miniseries chronicling U.S. Founding Father and president John Adams's political life and his role in the founding of the United States. The miniseries was directed by Tom Hooper and starred Paul Giamatti in the title role. Kirk Ellis wrote the screenplay based on the 2001 book John Adams by David ...
Adams managed to keep the nation at peace, but he left the White House in 1801 largely discredited on all sides. When Adams was vice president, he had portraits done by the artist John Trumbull, who based this painting on one of those original portraits. Later Trumbull incorporated this likeness into his depiction of the signing of the ...
Mar 23, 2024 · John Adams (2) Event Timeline. 03/04/1797 – 03/04/1801. 1797. 02/08/1797. Electoral votes tabulated in Congress. Adams, the Federalist nominee, received 71 votes and became President. Jefferson, the Democratic-Republican nominee received 68 and became Vice-President. (The original language in Article II specified that the top vote-getter ...
