John Adams was many things: lawyer, diplomat, member of the Continental Congress, and one of the original signers of the Declaration of Independence. Adams was born in Braintree, Massachusetts, in ...

John Adams was born on October 30, 1735, in Braintree, Massachusetts. His father, a farmer and deacon, hoped that Adams would enter the clergy, but his Harvard professors thought his propensity ...

American astronomy thrives today largely because of the underpinnings achieved by John Quincy Adams in his far-reaching ...

Between 1778 and 1788, John Adams served his country as a diplomat in France, the Netherlands, and Great Britain. His independent, unbending temperament was not ideal for diplomacy, and his ...

He was 93 years, 165 days. Ronald Reagan, the 40th president of the United States, was born Fe.b 6, 1911, and died June 5, ...