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Abigail Adams

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Abigail Adams

1744–1818

First Lady of the United States from 1797 to 1801

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Abigail Adams was the wife and closest advisor of John Adams, the second president of the United States, and the mother of John Quincy Adams, the sixth president of the United States. She was a founder of the United States, and was both the first second lady and second first lady of the United States, although such titles were not used at the time. She and Barbara Bush are the only two women in American history who were both married to a U.S. president and the mother of a U.S. president.

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1744
Birth

First Lady of the United States (d. 1818)

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1744
Birth

American wife of John Adams, 2nd First Lady of the United States (d. 1818)

November 22 →
1818
Death

American wife of John Adams, 2nd First Lady of the United States (b. 1744)

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