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John Adams was a lawyer from Massachusetts who argued strongly for independence. He served on the committee that wrote the Declaration of Independence, and he went to Europe as a diplomat. He was the first vice president, then the second president, from 1797 to 1801.

He and his wife, Abigail, wrote hundreds of letters to each other that survive today. Adams died on July 4, 1826, the fiftieth birthday of the Declaration, only hours after Thomas Jefferson. His last words are said to have been about Jefferson.