"It’s not an easy task following George Washington as president, ya know. Everybody loved that guy! Sure, he was all tall and athletic, but I was a Founding Father, too. Sure, I'm more the bookish type, but I did strengthen the Army and Navy. Do I get any points for having all my own teeth?

The statements are referring to President John Adams.

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John Adams was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, the first Vice President from 1789 to 1797, and the second President of the United States after George Washington, from 1797 to 1801.

As a member of the Continental Congress from 1774 to 1778, he promoted the independence of the Thirteen Colonies from the Kingdom of Great Britain. Together with Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin and others, he helped design the United States Declaration of Independence.

In the first American presidential election in 1789, Adams was runner-up at the Electoral College after George Washington. In the 1792 elections, he was able to defend this office against George Clinton. In the emerging First Party System, Adams was one of the most important representatives of the Federalist Party. As their candidate, he narrowly defeated Thomas Jefferson of the Democratic Republican Party in the presidential election in 1796. Adams' tenure was overshadowed by the quasi-war with revolutionary France and the intrigues of Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton against him. The most significant legislation under his presidency was the Alien and Sedition Acts. In a highly polarizing election campaign, Adams lost to Jefferson in 1800. He then retired to private life and shortly before the end of his life saw how his eldest son John Quincy Adams was elected president in 1824.

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