Born: October 30, 1735, North Precinct of Braintree (now Quincy), Massachusetts
Nickname: "Atlas of Independence"
First Lady: Abigail Adams
Education: Harvard College (graduated 1755)
Religion: Unitarian
Career: Lawyer
Marriage: October 25, 1764, to Abigail Smith (1744-1818)
Children: Abigail Amelia (1765-1813), John Quincy (1767-1848), Susanna (1768-1770), Charles (1770-1800), Thomas Boylston (1772-1832)
Political Party: Federalist
Writings:The Works of John Adams, The Adams-Jefferson Letters, Diary and Autobiography, The Papers of John Adams, The Political Writings of John Adams
Died: July 4, 1826, in Quincy, Massachusetts
Buried: Quincy, Massachusetts
John Adams Trivia:
Graduated Harvard College (1755). Adams was the great-great-grandson of John and Priscilla Alden, pilgrims who landed at Plymouth Rock in 1620. In 1800 the U.S. capital moved from Philadelphia to Washington, D.C. Adams and Jefferson were the only presidents to sign the Declaration of Independence, and they both died on its 50th anniversary, July 4, 1826. Vice-President under Washington. Older that any other president at his death, he lived 90 years, 247 days.
