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.

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.

The Adams family’s commitment to these principles did not end with John Adams. His son, John Quincy Adams, carried his father’s torch into an era marked by one of our nation’s most painful ...

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 ...

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.

James Grant talked about his book [John Adams: Party of One], published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. He described John Adams as an independent-minded president. The book recounted his feuds with ...

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.

For the cast and creators of HBO’s “John Adams,” the miniseries version of David McCullough’s Pulitzer Prize-winning biography, coming to DVD on Tuesday, the pride has been immense, since ...