约翰·亚当斯，国会，马萨诸塞州(1735-1826)

亚当斯,约翰,约翰·昆西·亚当斯之父;查尔斯·弗朗西斯·亚当斯的祖父;塞缪尔·亚当斯的堂兄;威廉·斯蒂芬斯·史密斯(William Stephens Smith)的岳父)，马萨诸塞州代表，美国副总统和总统;出生在马萨诸塞州的布伦特里， 1735年10月19日;1755年毕业于哈佛学院;学习法律;1758年获得律师资格并开始在萨福克郡执业;加入自由之子，反对《印花税法案》;在1768年被选为波士顿的代表; Member of the Continental Congress 1774-1777; signed the Declaration of Independence and proposed George Washington, of Virginia, for General of the American Army; became a member of the Board of War, but resigned to accept appointment as commissioner to the Court of France; Minister Plenipotentiary to Holland 1782; first Minister to England 1785-1788; elected in 1788 as the first Vice President of the United States with George Washington as President; reelected in 1792 and served from April 21, 1789, to March 3, 1797; elected President of the United States and served from March 4, 1797, to March 3, 1801; delegate to the constitutional convention of Massachusetts 1820; died in Quincy, Mass., July 4, 1826; interment under the old First Congregational Church, now called the United First Parish Church.

参考书目 麦卡洛,大卫。约翰·亚当斯．纽约:西蒙与舒斯特出版社，2001年;瑞尔森，理查德·艾伦，埃德。约翰·亚当斯和共和国的建立．波士顿:马萨诸塞州历史学会(东北大学出版社)，2001。

资料来源:《美国国会传记名录》，1771年至今