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 ...

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 ...

The Adams family’s commitment to these principles did not end with John Adams. His son, John Quincy Adams, carried his father’s torch into an era marked by one of our nation’s most painful ...