The acclaimed new biography of the second president reveals how division, insurrection, and repression threatened the young nation and offers lessons for our time. An excerpt. President John Adams ...

The most disturbing element in the book is Thomas Jefferson’s behavior in the election of 1800, when he met with Adams and threatened violence if the Republicans were denied power.

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

While the Washington administration demonstrates the vast powers that the executive could wield in foreign and domestic affairs, the divergent experiences of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson illustrate ...

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 ...

QUINCY, Mass. -- The election of the second pair of father-son presidents, plus a new best-selling biography, are sparking renewed interest in a park dedicated to the first father and son to occupy ...