After electoral defeat, neither Adams president attended his successor’s inauguration

Published January 20, 2021

By HELEN BREEN

John Adams, our second president, and his eldest son, John Quincy Adams, our sixth president, both quietly departed Washington on the eve of their opponent’s inauguration.

Each did so in good conscience, leaving their successors, Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson respectively, to enjoy two terms in office.

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