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No. John Quincy was the SON of John Adams, not the grandson. The only grandson of a former President to later take office was Benjamin Harrison.
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John Adams was elected in the Presidential election of 1796. George Washington had decided that two terms was a proper limit for a President, and did not run. Adams won in the voting over Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson (according to the Constitution at the time) became Vice President. They were inaugurated on March 4, 1797. Adams served one term, and was followed by Jefferson as President.
The first vice president to take over office was John Tyler.
John Adams was electedsecond USPresidentin 1796, but didn't take office until March 4, 1797.
John Tyler was the first to take over for an elected president.
John Adams was electedsecond USPresidentin 1796, but didn't take office until March 4, 1797.
The year 1800 was an election year. The outgoing President was John Adams and Vice President was Thomas Jefferson. The incoming President elected that year was Thomas Jefferson and the Vice President was Aaron Burr. The 1800 Presidential Election was contraversial because there was a tie in electoral votes and the election was decided by the House of Representatives.
He was a lawyer and a newspaper/magazine article writer.
John Adams was one of the founding fathers and had spent much of life and energy in making the independent United States possible. He finished second in the first two presidential elections and so was the Vice-president. He saw how Washington ran the country and he generally approved. He thus was the natural successor to Washington and was willing to take on the responsibility. He also feared that people like Jefferson would weaken the federal government perhaps to the point of making it ineffective.
John Adams, who later became President himself.
John Adams became the first president to take residence in the White House on November 1, 1800.