John Adams Biography
- Title:
- Second President of the United States
- Position:
- None Found to the question "Should the Words “under God” Be in the US Pledge of Allegiance?"
- Reasoning:
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No position found
- Involvement and Affiliations:
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- Second President, United States, 1797-1801
- Vice President, United States, under George Washington, 1789-1797
- Minister to the Court of St. James, London, 1785-1788
- Served in France and Holland in diplomatic roles, and helped negotiate the treaty of peace between the U.S. and Great Britain, 1777-1782
- Elected to the General Court, lower house of the Massachusetts legislature, 1770
- Former clerk, Suffolk County Bar Association, 1770
- Defended British Captain Thomas Preston, who is said to have ordered British troops to fire upon citizens in what became known as “The Boston Massacre,” 1770
- Wrote a protest on behalf of his town against the Stamp Act, 1765
- Began to publish a series of newspaper essays entitled, “Dissertation On Canon and Feudal Law,” 1765
- Gained a place in the community ruling organization Braintree Town Meeting, 1761
- Education:
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- Admitted to the bar (after studying under James Putnam), 1758
- BA, Harvard University, 1755
- Other:
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- None found
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