John Hancock

Examples of John Hancock in the following topics:

• The Second Continental Congress

  • Randolph was soon called away by other duties and succeeded by John Hancock as president.
  • Other notable members of the Congress included Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and John Adams.

• Gender and Politics

  • She is known for her March, 1776 letter to John Adams and the Continental Congress, requesting that they "... remember the ladies, and be more generous and favorable to them than your ancestors.
  • She became a correspondent and adviser to many political leaders, including Samuel Adams, John Hancock, Patrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, and especially John Adams, who became her literary mentor in the years leading to the Revolution.

• The Bill of Rights

  • Only after two leading Anti-Federalists, John Adams and John Hancock, negotiated a far-reaching compromise did the convention vote for ratification on February 6, 1788.

• Lexington and Concord

  • Instructions from London called for the arrest of rebel leaders Samuel Adams and John Hancock.

• The Townshend Acts

  • John Hancock was one of Boston’s most successful merchants and prominent citizens.

• The Triumph of Congressional Reconstruction

  • Third Military District: Georgia, Alabama and Florida, under General John Pope and George Meade
  • Fifth Military District: Texas and Louisiana, under Generals Philip Sheridan and Winfield Scott Hancock

• Johnson's Battle with Congress

  • Third Military District: Georgia, Alabama and Florida, under General John Pope and George Meade
  • Fifth Military District: Texas and Louisiana, under Generals Philip Sheridan and Winfield Scott Hancock

• John Randolph and the Old Republicans

  • When Virginia congressman John Randolph broke with Jefferson in 1806, his political faction became known as the "Old Republicans," or "quids."
  • Virginia congressman John Randolph of Roanoke was the leader of the "Old Republican" faction of Democratic-Republicans that insisted on a strict adherence to the Constitution and opposed any innovations.
  • John Randolph was a planter and a congressman from Virginia, serving in the House of Representatives and the Senate, and also as minister to Russia throughout his career.
  • Photograph at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington of John Randolph of Roanoke, VA.

• The Adams Presidency

  • John Adams, the second president to hold office, believed in a strong federal government and an expansion of executive power.
  • As the second president to hold office, Federalist John Adams followed Washington's example in stressing civic virtue and republican values.
  • After the passage of the Alien and Sedition Acts, Democratic-Republicans began to use the term "the reign of witches" to describe the Federalist party and John Adams.
  • John Adams was the second President of the United States, elected in 1796.

• The Election of 2004

  • Bush was elected for a second term when he narrowly defeated Democratic candidate John Kerry.
  • Bush defeated Democratic Party candidate John Kerry, the then-junior Senator from Massachusetts.
  • Kerry's running mate, John Edwards, who had also run as a Democratic primary candidate, received one electoral vote for president from an elector from Minnesota.
  • On July 6, 2004, John Kerry selected John Edwards as his running mate, shortly before the 2004 Democratic National Convention in Boston held later that month.
  • The split vote in Minnesota denotes an elector's vote counted for Vice President nominee John Edwards.