John Adams and Thomas Jefferson will always be linked, as Founding Fathers and presidents. They even died on the same day — July 4, 1826. ... and foreign policy.

The lack of a treaty and the split in the Federalist Party over his actions ensured Thomas Jefferson defeated John Adams in the presidential election. Foreign policy had a significant impact on ...

John Adams, the nation’s first vice president, called it “the most insignificant office that ever the invention of man contrived.” In 1796, with George Washington’s endorsement, Adams ...

Adams supported his domestic and foreign policies, but he never helped shape them. While the two men enjoyed a cordial relationship, the same could not be said of Adams and Thomas Jefferson, then ...