 John Adams, still smarting over the outcome of the election of 1800, did not remain in Washington to witness the inauguration of Thomas Jefferson, his successor.In 1829, John Quincy Adams also left town, unwilling to be present to see Andrew Jackson's accession to the White House.In 1869, Andrew Johnson was angrily conducting a cabinet meeting even as his successor, Ulysses S. Grant, was being inaugurated.