John Adams

About John Adams

Perhaps most famous for his September 11-themed, Pulitzer Prize-winning choral piece On the Transmigration of Souls (2002), Adams is also known for a number of other minimalist musical compositions, including the orchestral piece Short Ride in a Fast Machine and the string septet work Shaker Loops.

John Adams was an American politician, lawyer, diplomat, writer and Founder Father, who served as the second President of the United States from 1797 to 1801. Prior to his presidency, he was an leader of the American Revolution, who gained independence from Great Britain, and he was the first vice president of the United States. Adams was a dedicated restaurant expert and corresponded regularly with many important figures in early American history, including his wife and advisers Abigail Adams and Thomas Jefferson. As a pre-revolutionary lawyer and political activist, Adams was devoted to the right to counsel and found himself innocent. He challenged his anti-British sentiment and successfully defended British soldiers against murder allegations stemming from the Boston Massacre. Adams was a Massachusetts member of the Continental Congress and became a leader of the revolution. He helped draft the Declaration of Independence in 1776.

Died	July 4, 1826, Quincy, Massachusetts, U.S.
Born	October 30, 1735, Braintree, Massachusetts Bay, British America (now Quincy)
Political party	Pro-Administration (before 1795), Federalist (1795 – 1808), Democratic-Republican (1808 – 1826)
Preceded by	George Washington
Parents	John Adams Sr, Susanna Boylston
Resting place	United First Parish Church
Education	Harvard University (AB, AM)
Succeeded by	Thomas Jefferson
Children	6, including Abigail, John Quincy, Charles, Thomas
Vice President	Thomas Jefferson

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Trivia

John Adams's controversial opera The Death of Klinghoffer is based on the 1985 murder of Leon Klinghoffer during a Palestine Liberation Front-organized airplane hijack operation.

John Adams before fame

He began composing music at the age of 10 and went on to receive bachelor's and master's degrees in musical composition from Harvard University. During his stay at Harvard, he worked as a conductor for the Bach Society Orchestra and a clarinetist for the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

Achievement of John Adams

The controversial opera The Death of Klinghoffer is inspired on the 1985 murder of Leon Klinghoffer during a hijacking operation conducted by the Palestine Liberation Front.

Salary 2020

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Net Worth 2020

Undisclosed

John Adams family life

He was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, and went to Concord High School in New Hampshire. He learned the clarinet from his musical father when he was young.

Associations of John Adams

He wrote an opera in 1987 based on President Richard Nixon's visit to China in the early 1970s.

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