John Adams
Second U.S. President

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March 4, 1797 - March 3, 1801

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Thomas Jefferson

FIRST LADY
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Abigail Adams
starbar.gif (1814 bytes) BORN:  October 30, 1735
     Quincy, Massachusetts
CHILDREN:  3 sons, 2 daughters
     *Son John Quincy Adams was our 6th President
PROFESSION:  Attorney (Defended British soldiers after Boston Massacre)
POLITICAL PARTY:  Federalist
HOME STATE:  Massachusetts
POLITICAL OFFICES:  Delegate to Continental Congress, Signer of Declaration of Independence, Diplomat to France and Holland, Vice President
DIED:  July 4, 1826  (Age - 90)

LAST WORDS:  "Thomas Jefferson survives"
BURIED:  First Parish Church, Quincy, Massachusetts
"I pray Heaven to bestow the best of Blessings on this House and all that shall hereafter inhabit it.  May none but honest and wise Men ever rule under this roof."  John Adams in a letter to his wife on his second night in the presidential home that later became the White House.

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