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The Adams cousins remained friends, but Samuel was pleased when Jefferson defeated John Adams in the 1800 presidential election. [ 283 ] Samuel Adams took a cue from President Washington, who declined to run for reelection in 1796: he retired from politics at the end of his term as governor in 1797. [ 284 ]
Samuel Adams (1722–1803), revolutionary, delegate to the Continental Congress and governor of Massachusetts, John Adams's second cousin. Samuel A. Adams (1934–1988), historian and CIA analyst. John Donley Adams (born 1973), American politician and lawyer.
John Adams, Samuel, and Joseph Hawley drafted a resolution adopted by the House of Representatives threatening independence as an alternative to tyranny. The resolution argued that the colonists had never been under the sovereignty of Parliament : their charter, as well as their allegiance, was exclusive to the King.
The Adams family is a family of politicians from the United States.Below is a list of members. Samuel Adams (1722–1803), delegate to the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention 1779 1788, Massachusetts State Senator 1781, candidate for U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 1788, Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts 1789–94, Governor of Massachusetts 1793–97.
The Massachusetts debate reached a pitch in 1772 when Hutchinson, in a speech to the assembly, argued that either the colony was wholly subject to Parliament, or that it was effectively independent. The assembly's response, authored by John Adams, Samuel Adams, and Joseph Hawley, countered that the colonial charter granted autonomy. [58]
John Quincy Adams (/ ˈ k w ɪ n z i / ⓘ; [a] July 11, 1767 – February 23, 1848) was the sixth president of the United States, serving from 1825 to 1829. He previously served as the eighth United States secretary of state from 1817 to 1825.
Sam Adams Stands Out While Beer Sales Slump He spent eight years at Harvard University and got not one, not two, but three degrees — a BA, JD, and MBA. "I never thought of myself as an ...
John Adams Sr. (February 8, 1691 – May 25, 1761), also known as Deacon John, was an American colonial farmer and minister. Adams was the father of the second U.S. president , John Adams Jr. , [ 2 ] [ 3 ] and paternal grandfather of the sixth president, John Quincy Adams . [ 4 ]