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Charles Adams (May 29, 1770 – November 30, 1800) was the second son of the second United States president, John Adams, and his wife, Abigail Adams (née Smith). He was also the younger brother of the sixth president, John Quincy Adams .
John Adams (October 30, 1735 – July 4, 1826) was an American Founding Father who served as the second president of the United States from 1797 to 1801. Before his presidency, he was a leader of the American Revolution that achieved independence from Great Britain.
Adams' birthplace in Quincy, Massachusetts. John Adams was born on October 30, 1735 (October 19, 1735, Old Style, Julian calendar), to John Adams Sr. and Susanna Boylston.He had two younger brothers: Peter (1738–1823) and Elihu (1741–1775). [2]
[26] [27] [38] Adams was concerned that his son would become a mere farmer as he also had been, and had known how difficult a life it had been. [27] [39] However, younger John became a schoolteacher in Worcester in 1756 and, later, decided to study law in the office of James Putnam. Adams died of influenza on May 25, 1761, at the age of 70, [40 ...
Adams County, Iowa, and Adams County, Wisconsin, were each named for either John Adams or John Quincy Adams. Some sources contend that in 1843 Adams sat for the earliest confirmed photograph of a United States president, although others maintain that William Henry Harrison had posed even earlier for his portrait, in 1841. [ 241 ]
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His siblings included a sister, Sally, who was married to Charles Adams, the son of John Adams and brother of John Quincy Adams. Sally's daughter, Abigail Louisa Smith, Adams married the banker and philosopher Alexander Bryan Johnson ; their son, William's grandnephew, Alexander Smith Johnson , became a judge.
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