John Adams
1735 – 1826 American 2nd President of the United States
Founding Father and second U.S. president.
- Religion
- Unitarian
- Affiliations
- Federalist Party; not a Freemason.
Adams was a leading advocate of independence and a diplomat during the Revolution. As president he signed the Alien and Sedition Acts and kept the country out of full war with France through the Quasi-War settlement. He died on July 4, 1826, the same day as Jefferson.
Connections
- family of John Quincy Adams — Father of the sixth president.
- family of John Quincy Adams — Son of the second president.
- rival of Thomas Jefferson — Political rivals who later reconciled by letter.
In the timeline
- 1776 Many leading founders were not Freemasons mentioned
- 1776 MYTH: the Founding Fathers were all Freemasons mentioned
- 1798 United States Marine Corps permanently reestablished mentioned