John Adams: The Underrated Founding Father

John Adams might be the most underrated U.S. president—and here’s why.”

Before becoming America’s second president, John Adams did something shocking: he defended

British soldiers after the Boston Massacre, because he believed everyone deserved

a fair trial. He later became the first president to live in the White House—even though

it was unfinished, cold, and surrounded by mud. Unlike many Founding

Fathers, Adams never owned slaves and openly opposed slavery. As president,

he also stopped a war with France, even though it made him deeply unpopular. And here’s the wildest

part: John Adams and Thomas Jefferson both died on July 4th, 1826—exactly 50