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    Biographical and Historical Facts about John Adams

     

    Place and date of birth

    John Adams was born on October 19, 1735 in Braintree, Massachusetts.

    Parents

    John Adams and Susanna Boylston.

    Siblings

    Peter Boylston and Elihu.

    Wife

    Abigail Smith

    Children

    Abigail “Nabby”, John Quincy, Susanna, Charles, Thomas and Elizabeth (stillborn)

    Education

    Harvard

    Occupation before political life

    Farmer, teacher and lawyer

    Political Party

    Federalist

    Political life

    Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives.
    Massachusetts delegate to the First and Second Continental Congresses.
    Signer of the Declaration of Independence.
    Member of the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention.
    Commissioner to France.
    Signer of the Treaty of Paris.
    Minister to England and Netherlands.
    Vice President.
    President

    Death

    John Adams died on July 4th, 1826 at age 90. He is buried at the United First Parish Church.

     

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