President George Washington issued his Farewell Address on this day in history, Sept. 19, 1796. He spoke proudly of the new ...

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 and the Precedents That Forged the Republic, she offers a compelling exploration of the rise and tumultuous tenure ...

When Mary Wollstonecraft's book on recent French political events was published in 1794, John Adams already knew first-hand about revolution. He read the book for the first time in 1796 ...

When the US Constitution was written in 1787, the Electoral College was created to pick the US president using a majority ...

In “Making the Presidency,” Lindsay M. Chervinsky argues that John Adams established what it means to be America’s commander ...

In the 1796 election, Federalist John Adams became president and Republican Thomas Jefferson (Adams’s bitter political opponent) became vice president. Four years later, both Jefferson and his ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Author and historian Lindsay Chervinsky talked about why this election has been called "The Revolution of 1800." In the election of 1800, Vice ...

As for the handful of sitting vice presidents elected president, besides George H.W. Bush, they are Federalist John Adams in 1796, Democratic-Republican Thomas Jefferson in 1800 and Democrat ...

Quadrennially, on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, the U. S. people perform what they call "electing a President." That is the effect of their performance, but not ...

John Adams was born on October 30 ... he did not know how he could live out of it." In the election of 1796 Adams, a Federalist won the presidency, narrowly defeating Jefferson, a Republican ...