John Adams and John Quincy Adams were public figures who made significant contributions to the founding and expansion of the ...

In fact, John Adams had made a point ... for the presidency by Adams and, under Article II of the Constitution (changed in 1804), indeed became vice president, having received the second-largest ...

Perhaps the clearest examples of distinguished public careers taking a back seat to a mixed legacy as president are those of John ... vice president, he was surpassed only by George Washington ...