However, with training and time, John was able to refine his skills. As a member of the Federalist Party, Adams decided to run for the presidency. He lost and became Vice-president to George ...

From the moment John Adams entered the presidency in 1797, the United States was in a state of undeclared war with France. The Quasi-War, as it was known, dominated his presidency, monopolizing ...

With the 1824 election approaching, Secretary of State John Quincy Adams probably thought he was President James Monroe’s ...

How to design an inauguration that was not a coronation? How even to address the president? John Adams suggested “His Elective Majesty” or — having and eating his cake — “His Highness ...

Though the election has been labeled “dirty,” the constitutional procedures for electing a president were faithfully carried out. Challenges: John Quincy Adams was a Harvard graduate, an intellectual, ...

John Adams was born on October ... and the country's first vice president under Washington. Despite his many successes, Adams was not sure if he was popular enough to be elected president.