However, with training and time, John was able to refine his skills. As a member of the Federalist Party, Adams decided to run for the presidency. He lost and became Vice-president to George ...

A descendant of John Ball, the medieval English preacher who led the first popular rebellion in England, George Washington ... under fire," John Adams nominated Washington to be commander of ...

George Washington made whiskey. Teddy Roosevelt nearly died in the Amazon. William Taft joined the Supreme Court. A few ran ...

The United States was founded by entrepreneurs, including George Washington, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson. In fact, even today, our ethos and roots are inextricably tied to ...

John Adams expected great things from his eldest ... and in 1790 he gladly accepted President George Washington's appointment as minister to the Netherlands. His next post, as minister to Prussia ...

In 1776, as George Washington was leading the Continental ... Writing about the debacle to his wife Abigail, John Adams observed, "Our misfortunes in Canada are enough to melt a heart of stone.