The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery (NPG) in Washington, DC, has acquired the earliest known photograph of a US first lady.

Digital restoration by Steven Wynn Photography." Portrait of John Adams This vintage image from 1828 features a portrait of John Adams, second President of the United States. president john adams ...

Jean-Pierre Blanchard and John Jeffries' harrowing ... Meilan Solly The National Portrait Gallery traces early images of American leaders, from John Quincy Adams to Abraham Lincoln ...

John Adams was born on 19 October 1735 in Braintree (now Quincy), Massachusetts, the son of a farmer. Adams graduated from Harvard College in 1755 and became a lawyer. In 1764 he married Abigail ...

John Adams expected great things from his eldest son, John Quincy. "You came into life with advantages which will disgrace you if your success is mediocre. ... And if you do not rise to the head ...

The election of 1824 was contested by four candidates, John Quincy Adams, Henry Clay, William Crawford, and Andrew Jackson, none of whom won the majority. The election was decided by a vote in the ...

followed by John Quincy in 1767; Susanna in 1768, but died in 1770; Charles was born in 1770; and Thomas in 1772. A sixth child, Elizabeth, was stillborn in 1777. In 1765 Adams took his first ...