Episode 6 did not declare that John Adams was dead, but it is highly unlikely that he would survive such a brutal crash. Additionally, the preview of Episode 7 shows Oscar trying to cope with the loss ...

Played by Claybourne Elder, John Adams was introduced in the very first season of The Gilded Age as the secret lover of Oscar van Rhijn, the son of an old-money socialite family. The two are ...

John Adams, in the final months of his administration, became the first American president to live in the new executive mansion, later dubbed the White House, on Nov. 1, 1800.

In 1819, 18 years after leaving the White House, John Adams fretted that “Mausoleums, Statues, Monuments will never be erected to me. … Panegyrical romances will never be written, nor ...

John Adams knew very well that it took citizens a long time to approve a new constitution, let alone love it. Between 1787 and 1788 the states took nine months to ratify the U.S. Constitution.

In 1824, he learned that his son, John Quincy Adams, was elected president. Until George W. Bush took office, the Adamses were the only father and son to both hold the nation's top job.

An intimate testament to love and to home written and signed by Founding Father John Adams was sold for $40,000 by auction house Raab Collection on Wednesday.

John Adams and Abigail Adams had six children together, four of whom lived to adulthood. One daughter, Susanna, died at the age of 1, while another daughter, Elizabeth, was stillborn in 1777.

Mr. John Adams, or “the president,” as his grandchildren preferred to address him, was 89 years old in November, 1823, unusually long-lived for a man of that or most any time.

Although John Adams is not exactly forgotten among the Founding Fathers, compared to many of the others, he hasn’t received his due. Perhaps his appearance belied his valor.