Video: 'John Adams: American Independence: The 2nd President of the United States | Mini Bio | BIO'

(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. Continue reading Former U.S. President John Adams, 90, dies near Quincy, Massachusetts 200 years ago this hour (July 4 1826) →

Video: 'Thomas Jefferson - Mini Biography'

(Independence Day, Tuesday, July 4, 1826, 12:50 p.m. local time) — Thomas Jefferson, the third President of the United States (1801–1809), an American Founding Father who was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence, died this afternoon at his plantation estate Monticello near Charlottesville, Virginia, of toxemia from a kidney infection, uremia from kidney damage, and pneumonia. Continue reading Former U.S. President Thomas Jefferson, 83, dies at his Monticello plantation 200 years ago this hour (Jul 4 1826) →

Video: 'Vice President Daniel D. Tompkins: Our Vices #6'

(Saturday, June 11, 1825) — Daniel D. Tompkins, the sixth Vice President of the United States (1817-1825, under President James Monroe), died today in Tompkinsville, a neighborhood in northeastern Staten Island in New York City, just 99 days after leaving office. He was 50. Continue reading Former U.S. Vice President Daniel D. Tompkins dies 200 years ago today (June 11 1825) →

Video: 'John Quincy Adams' Inaugural Address'

(Friday, March 4, 1825, approximately noon local time) — John Quincy Adams of Massachusetts, 57, was inaugurated today as the sixth President of the United States in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., with Chief Justice John Marshall administering oath of office. Continue reading Adams sworn in as 6th U.S. President, Calhoun as 7th VP 200 years ago today (Mar 4 1825) →

Video: 'The American Presidential Election of 1824'

(Wednesday, February 9, 1825, during the 1824 United States presidential election) — The U.S. House of Representatives elected Secretary of State John Quincy Adams of Massachusetts the sixth president of the United States today after no candidate had received a majority of electoral votes in the general election. Continue reading House of Representatives elect John Quincy Adams sixth president of the United States 200 years ago today (Feb 9 1825) →

Video: 'The American Presidential Election of 1824'

(Wednesday, December 1, 1824, during the 1824 presidential campaign) — The results of U.S. presidential election of 1824 were announced today (although voting continued until Dec. 2, 1824), but since no candidate received a majority of the total electoral college votes in the election, the House of Representatives was given the task of deciding the winner in accordance with the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution (which it would do on Feb. 9, 1825, less a month before inauguration day). Continue reading Presidential election deadlocks among four candidates, turned over to U.S. House 200 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 1 1824) →