D.C. It has been the residence of every U.S. president since John Adams in 1800. The term 'White House' is often used to refer to actions of the president and his advisers, as in "The White House ...

then considered to be the stepping-stone to the White House. Though the election has been labeled “dirty,” the constitutional procedures for electing a president were faithfully carried out.

On March 4, 1801, John Adams ... the newly built White House before first light. The loss was, in some ways, close. Jefferson had claimed nine states and 73 electoral votes to Adams’s seven ...

John Adams was many things: lawyer, diplomat, member of the Continental Congress, and one of the original signers of the Declaration of Independence. Adams was born in Braintree, Massachusetts, in ...