• He and cousin Samuel Adams were organizers of the Revolution from the beginning.
• He was a strong supporter of George Washington as commander in chief and later served as Washington's Vice-President.
• He was a founder of the short-lived Federalist Party.
• He was the first President to live in the White House.
• As President, he avoided war with both France and England, over the objections of his own party.

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