Who was the 2nd President of the United States of America?
John Adams, Jr. (October 30 [O.S. October 19] 1735 – July 4, 1826) became one of the most influential figures of the American Revolution. Adams was one of the first people to criticize Great Britain's authority and talk about defending people's freedom. He became one of the American Founding Fathers and served as the first Vice President of the USA (1789–97). He became the second US President in 1797 and served until 1801. After retiring from presidency Adams became a prolific author and wrote many books and letters.
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Ben Totuous
Wow. Unbelievable results. One in 20 think Franklin was president. He did not wish to be.
A stunning piece of trivia... John Adams, 90, and our third president, Thomas Jefferson, 82, died on the same day within 5 hours. But not just any day. It was July 4, 1826. The 50th anniversary of our country. The 2 men were enemies from 1800 until 1812 because of widely different visions for our government. Adams broke the stalemate by writing Jefferson a note.
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Jun 27, 2016 4:22AM
Carolyn Hull Hill
Bill Mcnair, no, he's a student of American History! If more people took an interest in this country we wouldn't be in the situation we have now!
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Jun 27, 2016 5:10PM
Pamella Burgess Washington
Am not even a citizen as yet and I came here and study American History,by doing Quizzes with my husband and gets all the questions right..very proud of myself
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Jun 29, 2016 2:00AM
al woltz
Were there actually 40+ people who think that Paul Revere was EVER a president?
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Jun 27, 2016 6:57PM
Dan Kridler
Bill Mcnair it's called reading history. That's how he knows. Pick up a book sometime.
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Jun 29, 2016 3:43AM
Pat Rhea
Steve McVey I had not give that a thought, but they all do seem to count on the USA to pull them out of a crisis or give them refuge. We give our lives and all when called on for that help. Outside of the UN during the WW's, in my lifetime only once have I known of any country coming to our aid. That was our neighbor Mexico during a hurricane disaster in the Gulf.
It's okay SM, your born freedom to live here and make that statement has been dearly paid for.
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Jul 9, 2016 11:13AM
Richard D. Boyle
George Oliver Prince, George, their animosity was very real and very bitter and lasted through Adams’ only term and both of Jefferson’s two terms. Never stronger than during the vicious election of 1800, one of the dirtiest in history. However, their mutual silence was broken after Jefferson left office and in 1812 they reconnected by mail, partially due to the efforts of Abigail Adams, and continued communicating very cordially until their mutual deaths on July 4, 1826. There is a wonderful complete collection of their correspondence of over 600 pages titled “ The Adams-Jefferson Letters” (1959) renewed (1987) edited by Lester J. Cappon. Fascinating stuff written for history but also when neither no longer had voters or legislators to please. Great reading for any student of history.
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Jul 27, 2019 3:21AM
Adam Kennedy
Great response Ben Totuous! I'm very proud of you. Thank you for the information. (This is genuine, no sarcasm). This is the kind of statement that this site is for! Kudos!!!
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Jun 29, 2016 10:56PM
Carolyn Hull Hill
Bill McNair, you need to reread his comments!
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Jun 28, 2016 2:22PM
unkabob
Steve McVey ... Many.. Your just not hanging around the right circles. Just because you're buddies feel self-important doesn't mean they represent all Americans. We love our country but we also know we're not the center of the universe.. What about you and your country? Love it, hate it.. What?
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Jul 10, 2016 5:10AM
Bank-Robber
Who was second!!!
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Jun 30, 2022 6:28AM
illonabird
Better yet, read the David McCullough book.
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Jun 8, 2020 4:26PM
Barbara Weis
Pamella Burgess Washington, congratulations!
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May 10, 2020 2:51AM
Jo Memmott
Ben Totuous, Franklin was born in England. Since he wasn’t a natural born citizen he didn’t qualify.
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Jan 1, 2020 11:38AM
Annie
I think this is at least the second time I have answered this question, maybe the third!
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Dec 20, 2019 7:53PM
Char
Wow I did remember
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Dec 1, 2019 12:07AM
jack patti go
Got it!
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Nov 19, 2019 1:32PM
Sandra Caulfield
Washington,
Adams, Jefferson, Madison....had to memorize this in school.
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Oct 6, 2019 5:48PM
Lisa Rodrigues
Thank you, Lin-Manuel Miranda.
Also, Adams' last words were supposedly "Jefferson lives."
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Oct 6, 2019 5:34PM
Christopher Neal Wigley
Sadly, he and Thomas Jefferson both passed on the 50th Anniversary of the Independence of our great nation.
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Oct 2, 2019 5:27PM
Janet Fredericks
Watch the mini series, John Adams, every 4th of July!!
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Aug 22, 2019 12:11PM
Richard D. Boyle
Bill McNair, Hey Bill, when I was eight years old and kind of a loud mouth, my dad slipped me a note which read: “Sometimes it is better to keep your mouth shut and be thought a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.”
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Jul 27, 2019 2:33AM
Richard G Schwartz
Thank you Ben.
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Jul 11, 2019 3:05PM
Diane Herbert Wall
Raven Berlowitz, Since most people know so little your answer is a bit in the weeds.--sad to say!
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Jul 2, 2019 2:03PM
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