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Abigail Adams

1744 - 1818

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Abigail Adams (née Smith; November 22, [O.S. November 11] 1744 – October 28, 1818) was the wife and closest advisor of John Adams, a Founding Father and the second president of the United States, and the mother of John Quincy Adams, the sixth president of the United States. She was a founder of the United States, and was both the first second lady and second first lady of the United States, although such titles were not used at the time. She and Barbara Bush are the only two women in American history who were both married to a U.S. president and the mother of a U.S. president. Adams's life is one of the most documented of the first ladies. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Abigail Adams is the 344th most popular companion (up from 389th in 2019), the 1,744th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,707th in 2019) and the 10th most popular American Companion.

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Among companions, Abigail Adams ranks 344 out of 784. Before her are Irene Angelina, Elizabeth of Bohemia, Anna of Hungary, Eleanor of Anjou, Princess Milica of Montenegro, and Æthelred, Lord of the Mercians. After her are Princess Clémentine of Orléans, Elizabeth of Denmark, Electress of Brandenburg, Catherine of France, Countess of Charolais, Alia Al-Hussein, Gertrude of Merania, and Princess Taiping.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1744, Abigail Adams ranks 8. Before her are Frederick William II of Prussia, Johann Gottfried Herder, Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Mayer Amschel Rothschild, Pierre Méchain, and Infanta Maria Josefa of Spain. After her are Karl Theodor Anton Maria von Dalberg, Johann Christian Polycarp Erxleben, Pierce Butler, Elbridge Gerry, Prince Charles of Hesse-Kassel, and Samuel Gottlieb Gmelin. Among people deceased in 1818, Abigail Adams ranks 11. Before her are Jan Henryk Dąbrowski, Matthew Lewis, Johan Gottlieb Gahn, Charles, Grand Duke of Baden, Hedvig Elisabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp, and Maria Isabel of Braganza. After her are Heinrich Füger, Countess Maria Louise Albertine of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg, Alexandre Pétion, Catherine-Dominique de Pérignon, Frederick Louis, Prince of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen, and Louis Joseph, Prince of Condé.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Abigail Adams ranks 1,744 out of 20,380. Before her are Arthur MacArthur Jr. (1845), Peggy Guggenheim (1898), Archie Hahn (1880), Bernard Herrmann (1911), Richard Farnsworth (1920), and Robert Sheckley (1928). After her are Alan Kay (1940), Gerald Carr (1932), Benjamin Lee Whorf (1897), Iris Apfel (1921), Snoop Dogg (1971), and Linda Evans (1942).

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Among COMPANIONS In United States

Among companions born in United States, Abigail Adams ranks 10. Before her are Neilia Hunter Biden (1942), Rosalynn Carter (1927), Martha Washington (1731), Linda McCartney (1941), Mamie Eisenhower (1896), and Pat Nixon (1912). After her are Mary Todd Lincoln (1818), Ellen Axson Wilson (1860), Rachel Jackson (1767), Sarah Yorke Jackson (1803), Martha Jefferson (1748), and Karen Pence (1957).

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