1735 - 1826
John Adams
Liberty, according to my metaphysics is a self-determining power in an intellectual agent. It implies thought and choice and power. Letter to John Taylor
Overview
Before becoming President in 1797, John Adams built his reputation as a blunt-speaking man of independent mind. A fervent patriot and brilliant intellectual, Adams served as a delegate from Massachusetts to the Continental Congress between 1774 and 1777, as a diplomat in Europe from 1778 to 1788, and as vice president during the Washington administration.
Fast Facts
North Precinct of Braintree (now Quincy), Massachusetts
Harvard College (graduated 1755)
Unitarian
Lawyer
Federalist
“Atlas of Independence”
October 25, 1764, to Abigail Smith (1744–1818)
Abigail Amelia (1765–1813), John Quincy (1767–1848), Susanna (1768–1770), Charles (1770–1800), Thomas Boylston (1772–1832)
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Quincy, Massachusetts
