John Adams signed the Sedition Act in an attempt to silence dissent. Some other Founding Fathers thought that muzzling the ...

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 ...

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.

With the aid of his clandestine patron Thomas Jefferson, Scottish "scandalmonger" James Callender launched a print campaign against President John Adams that would make the election of 1800 one ...

Between 1778 and 1788, John Adams ... Once again Adams vowed to live out his years as a Quincy farmer. Within a month of return, he ran for the office of vice president.

From their initial courtship in 1761 through their time as President and First Lady over three decades later, the couple shared insights on their lives and times. John Adams also recorded his ...

John Adams and Thomas Jefferson will always be ... Who was the more successful president? Carol Berkin: Historians reevaluate the past constantly — and popular opinion changes, often in ...

From the moment John Adams entered ... and domestic policy. Adams inherited the crisis with France from Washington, as well as much of his cabinet. But the former vice president lacked the stature ...