While a [[lame duck]] President, Adams tried to stack the courts with [[Federalist]] judges so that his party could maintain some control of the government. One such appointment led to the landmark [[Supreme Court]] case of [[Marbury v. Madison]].
The Adams' Adamses were the first residents of the [[White House]]. They moved there in the month of November, 1800. At the White House, President John Adams was said to be the first to display [[fireworks]] there.
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