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(Tuesday, July 4, 1826, 6:20 p.m. local time) — John Adams, the second President of the United States (1797-1801), an American Founding Father who served as the first vice president of the United States (1789-1797), died today at his home in Quincy, Massachusetts, of heart failure.

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When Adams, the father of current U.S. President John Q. Adams, died at age 90, his last words included an acknowledgement of his longtime friend and rival: “Thomas Jefferson survives,” though Adams was unaware that the former president had died about five-and-a-half hours before.

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