USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -From 1785 to 1788 he was minister to the Court of St. James’s, returning to be elected Vice President under George Washington.

Detailed explanation-2: -Adams’ primary role as vice president was as president of the Senate. He was meant to preside over proceedings–not debate or lecture as he had in the Continental Congress. One of his most notorious missteps as vice president was inserting himself into the debate about the president’s title.

Detailed explanation-3: -He was the first person to hold the office of vice president of the United States, serving from 1789 to 1797. Adams was a dedicated diarist and regularly corresponded with many important contemporaries, including his wife and adviser Abigail Adams as well as his friend and rival Thomas Jefferson.

Detailed explanation-4: -After graduating from Harvard College, he became a lawyer. At age 26 he was appointed Minister to the Netherlands, then promoted to the Berlin Legation. In 1802 he was elected to the United States Senate. Six years later President Madison appointed him Minister to Russia.

Detailed explanation-5: -In the early days of the American electoral process, the candidate receiving the second-largest vote in the electoral college became vice president. This is how Thomas Jefferson, who opposed Adams in the election, came to serve as Adams’s vice president in 1797.