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John Adams
John Adams - John Singleton Copley, 1784
Delegate to the Second Continental Congress from Massachusetts
In office
May 10, 1775 – June 27, 1778
Preceded byInaugural holder
Succeeded bySamuel Holten
Delegate to the First Continental Congress from Massachusetts
In office
September 5, 1774 – October 26, 1774
Preceded byInaugural holder
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Personal details
Born October 30, 1735
Braintree, Province of Massachusetts, British America (now Quincy, Massachusetts)
Died March 4, 1778 (aged 42)
USS Boston, Atlantic Ocean
Spouse(s) Abigail Adams (m. 1764)
Children Abigail, John Quincy, Susanna, Charles, Thomas, and Elizabeth
Religion Unitarian Universalism
Alma mater Harvard University
Signature John Adams Sig 2
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