Sam Adams: The President

Title: Sam Adams: The President
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Sam Adams: The President

Ben Craik Samuel Adams (1722--1803 Samuel Adams, American statesman, was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on the 27th of September 1722. He was a second cousin to the John Adams. His father, whose Christian name was also Samuel, was a wealthy and prominent citizen of Boston, who took an active part in the politics of the town, and was a member of the Caucus (or Caulker's) Club, with which the political term ‘caucus’ is said to have originated; …showed first 75 words of 1171 total…

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…showed last 75 words of 1171 total…its ratification should be accompanied by a recommendation of amendments designed chiefly to supply the omission of a bill of rights. Without his aid it is probable that the constitution would not have been ratified by Massachusetts. From 1789 to 1794 Adams was lieutenant-governor of his state, and from 1794 to 1797 was governor. After the formation of parties he became allied with the Democratic-Republicans rather than with the Federalists. He died on the 2nd of October 1803, at Boston.

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