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== Vice President and President ==

== Vice President and President ==

Adams returned home after the adoption of [[the Constitution]].  He served as the first [[vice president]] in the U.S. history from 1789 to 1797.  He won the bitterly contested [[United States presidential election, 1796|Presidential Election of 1796]], becoming president in his own right.  However, his unpopularity while in office contributed to his defeat to Jefferson in 1800.

Adams returned home after the adoption of [[the Constitution]].  He served as the first [[vice president]] in the U.S. history from 1789 to 1797.  George Washington's decision to retire from public life set the stage for the first truly partisan presidential election.  Alexander Hamilton was the true leader of the Federalists.  However he made many political enemies during his tenure as Secretary of the Treasury. The Federalists decided to run Adams as their presidenal candidate and Thomas Pinckney for the office of vice-president. The Republicans selected their leader, Thomas Jefferson for president and Aaron Burr as vice-President. Adams won the bitterly contested[[United States presidential election, 1796|Presidential Election of 1796]], garnering 71 electoral votes to Jefferson's 68, and became president in his own right.

However, in 1796 electors did not indicate which office they were voting for. By coming in second to Adams, Jefferson became his vice-president.  Before the 1804 election, the twelfth amendment would require electors to designate which office they were voting for.

Jefferson spent much of his time as vice-president attacking Adams, even going so far as to hire journalists to write scurrilous editorials about the President.

Adam’s unpopularity while in office contributed to his defeat to Jefferson in 1800.

== Death ==

== Death ==