The Hendee Family Tree

Picture: The Continental Congress

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President John Adams

Notes

The leaders of the Continental Congress include, from left, John Adams, Robert Morris, Alexander Hamilton, and Thomas Jefferson. In 1774 and 1775, Adams was elected to the First and Second Continental Congress as a representative from the state of Massachusetts. Adams served on more committees than any other congressman—ninety in all, of which he chaired twenty.