John Adams

John Adams, Jr. (October 30, 1735 – July 4, 1826) was the second President of the United States (1797–1801). He also served as the country's first Vice President (1789–1797) under George Washington. He was defeated for re-election in the "Revolution of 1800" by Thomas Jefferson. Adams was also the first President to reside (if briefly) in the newly built White House in Washington, DC, which was completed in 1800.

Adams, a sponsor of the American Revolution in Massachusetts, was a driving force behind the United States Declaration of Independence in 1776. In one of the oddest coincidences in American history, both he and his colleague (and occasional rival) Thomas Jefferson died 50 years to the day after the formal signing of that document.

John Adams in Southern Victory
As a northerner, John Adams was treated much more favorably in the version of history taught in the United States following the War of Secession than his colleagues from the south, including Virginians George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison.

In the twentieth century, Adams' portrait was used on the five dollar bill.

John Adams in The Two Georges
In the late 20th Century, John Adams had an ale named after him in the North American Union.

Literary comment
In OTL, his cousin Samuel Adams has that honor.

John Adams in A Different Flesh
A man named Adams was a candidate for censor of the Federated Commonwealths of America in 1804.

Literary comment
Based on the extremely divergent nature of the ADF timeline, the lack of a first name for the character, and the absence of any other historic figures in the ADF series beyond the first two stories, it is possible that Censor Candidate Adams is not the historical John Adams.