Adams won election as the first vice president, and Jefferson was appointed secretary of state by President George Washington. Political differences pulled them apart in the 1790s.

Jefferson sought to ingratiate, Adams to provoke. Where Jefferson flattered the American people as the best on earth, Adams warned them to beware of their passions, greed and conceit.

Panelists talked about John Adams and Thomas Jefferson's friendship, legacies, and libraries. They also spoke about the social climate of the Founding Fathers. Following their prepared remarks ...

John Adams and Thomas Jefferson are perhaps America's most famous pair of feuding friends. Their storied relationship began in 1775 and ended abruptly on July 4, 1826, when the two ex-presidents ...

Adams asked Jefferson to join him in forming a strong, bipartisan administration. But Jefferson turned him down. Then enemies In 1800, Jefferson and Adams faced off again. Things got nasty.

Peyton Dixon, left, appears as John Adams and Steve Edenbo, as Thomas Jefferson, are featured in "History Comes to Life," which will be performed this weekend at the Farmington Civic Center.

In the election of 1800, Jefferson defeated Adams to take the presidency, and despite their mutual respect for each other's views and their teamwork in declaring independence from Britain, Adams ...

John Adams and Thomas Jefferson both died 50 years to the day after the signing of the Declaration of Independence. That historical oddity is taught to nearly every schoolchild in America, but ...

The answered questions from the audience. The program “Jefferson, Adams, and Religion” took place Saturday morning, June 27, 2009, at Monticello.