In 1797, John Adams became the second American president, having won election by three votes in the Electoral College. Although George Washington had set a momentous precedent by relinquishing power — ...

Today, we celebrate the 290th birthday of President John Adams, a Founding Father whose intellect, integrity, and devotion to country helped secure ...

This is the second of two podcast episodes recorded at the George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon. Part one was published on Tuesday. What can be said about George Washington that hasn ...

In “Making the Presidency,” Lindsay M. Chervinsky argues that John Adams established what it means to be America’s commander in chief. John Adams in the early 1790s, when he was the first vice ...

On September 30, the George Washington Presidential Library’s Lindsay M. Chervinsky and AEI’s Kevin R. Kosar discussed Dr. Chervinsky’s new book, Making the Presidency: John Adams and the Precedents ...