Clue #1

I was born in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. A Harvard-educated lawyer, I became active in the patriot cause; a delegate to the First and Second Continental Congresses, and I was one of the leaders in the movement for independence. During the Revolutionary War I served in France and Holland in diplomatic roles, and helped negotiate the treaty of peace. From 1785 to 1788 I was minister to the Court of St. James.

Clue #2

My two terms as Vice President were frustrating experiences for a man of my intelligence.  I complained to my wife , "My country has in its wisdom contrived for me the most insignificant office that ever the invention of man contrived or his imagination conceived." I felt that being the Vice President was a most boring job!

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Clue #3

My wife was a very intelligent woman. You might have heard of her. She was an early crusader for women's rights. She always liked to write to me and to other important leaders in the Revolutionary cause. In her letters, she tried to convince us to include women when we wrote the constitution. One thing I remember her saying is, "Remember the ladies!"

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Clue #4

I was the first President who had a son who also became President of the United States.

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Clue # 5

I was elected Vice President under George Washington. Then George Washington resigned and Thomas Jefferson and I competed for President... and I won.

On July 4, 1826, I whispered my last words: "Thomas Jefferson survives." But Jefferson had
died at Monticello a few hours earlier. 
 

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