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As vice president, John Adams cast 29 tie-breaking votes, the third most in American history, a total only bested by John C. Calhoun (31) and Kamala Harris (33).

As vice president, Adams reportedly lobbied senators on legislation he opposed, while Vice President John C. Calhoun was known as an enforcer of the Senate's written rules. The modern vice president ...

In 1788, when John Adams returned from Europe to a hero's welcome, he came home to limitless possibilities. ... Adams' primary role as vice president was as president of the Senate.

Last time in these pages, I wrote about the sharp division within George Washington’s Presidential administration, that between Alexander Hamilton, founder of the Federalist Party, and Thomas ...

Adams, the vice president, ... John Adams, in an 1810 letter to Joseph Ward, refers to James Callender in such a way as to imply that he did not consider the Hemings story credible.

However, John Quincy Adams, unlike his father, enjoyed a second act in public life. Elected to Congress as a representative from Massachusetts in 1830, he became known as a staunch antislavery ...