Topic: Why did John Adams not want a second term as U.S. President?

キャサリン? !TGirlYJKXM started this discussion 9 years ago #62,060

Did he just never want the job? Did this have to do with antifederalists? Or the occurrences in France?

Curious about what Minichan thinks.

squeegee joined in and replied with this 9 years ago, 7 minutes later[^] [v] #782,071

awww, i think David McCullough wrote a book on john adams i was planning on reading eventually. i'd have an opinion about this if i'd read that i'm sure. you should've asked about george washington and i'd have told you about how obsessed he was with barrels.

Big Daddy Derek !Uvm54ORbmo joined in and replied with this 9 years ago, 21 seconds later, 8 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #782,072

@previous (squeegee)
I think it is.

brie !kGoudaMCFA joined in and replied with this 9 years ago, 3 minutes later, 11 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #782,075

But he ran for a second term, though...

キャサリン? !TGirlYJKXM (OP) replied with this 9 years ago, 10 minutes later, 21 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #782,081

@782,071 (squeegee)
Is that the book which inspired the HBO TV show? Because that was what inspired this thread.

キャサリン? !TGirlYJKXM (OP) double-posted this 9 years ago, 1 minute later, 22 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #782,083

@782,075 (brie !kGoudaMCFA)
I guess the answer was found. I blame the Anti-Federalists. :'-)

squeegee replied with this 9 years ago, 1 hour later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #782,113

@782,081 (キャサリン? !TGirlYJKXM)
yeah. won a pulitzer for it. i loved 1776, every single detail was from letters.