There is much more at stake in this and upcoming Senate confirmation votes than ... transferring the office of the president to John Adams, Adams still had reason to worry adulation of Washington ...

John Adams expected great things from his eldest ... Appointed to the U.S. Senate (senators were not elected by popular vote until 1913), he enraged the Massachusetts Federalist Party by being ...

In 1788, when John Adams returned from Europe to a hero's ... the President Adams' primary role as vice president was as president of the Senate. He was meant to preside over proceedings ...

John Adams and Abigail Smith meet for the first ... He returns to Philadelphia in November to preside over the Senate. December: Adams narrowly defeats Jefferson in the presidential election.

Control of the Colorado Senate has come down to one seat in Adams County, where the Republican was holding a lead of fewer than 900 votes in a county that usually leans Democratic but this ...