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circa 1800: Portrait of John Adams (1735-1826), second President of the United States, who served in office from 1797 to 1801. Adams, from Massachusetts, played a pivotal role in negotiating a peace treaty with England in 1783. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
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