_:nb8adf274e8a04075a2034a7582d79daexb4
<http://schema.org/text>
"<p class=\"font-16\">Having finished second to <a href=\"https://www.britannica.com/biography/George-Washington\" class=\"md-crosslink\">George Washington</a> in the first <a href=\"https://www.britannica.com/event/United-States-presidential-election-of-1789\" class=\"md-crosslink\">U.S. presidential election in 1789</a> and serving as Washington’s vice president (1789–97), Adams won a narrow victory over <a href=\"https://www.britannica.com/biography/Thomas-Jefferson\" class=\"md-crosslink\">Thomas Jefferson</a> to be <a href=\"https://www.britannica.com/event/United-States-presidential-election-of-1796\" class=\"md-crosslink\">elected as the second president of the United States in 1796</a>. He then lost to Jefferson in the <a href=\"https://www.britannica.com/event/United-States-presidential-election-of-1800\" class=\"md-crosslink\">1800 presidential election.</a></p>"
<https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Adams-president-of-United-States>