what state was john adams elected from?
Massachusetts
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 Adams remained active in politics upon his return to Massachusetts . He frequently served as moderator of the Boston Town Meeting , and was elected to the state senate , where he often served as that body 's president . 

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 After Parliament passed the Coercive Acts in 1774 , Adams attended the Continental Congress in Philadelphia , which was convened to coordinate a colonial response . He helped guide Congress towards issuing the Continental Association in 1774 , the Declaration of Independence in 1776 , and helped draft the Articles of Confederation and the Massachusetts Constitution . Adams returned to Massachusetts after the American Revolution , where he served in the state senate and was eventually elected governor . 

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 With the roads becoming impassable , Lafayette stayed in Washington City for the winter of 1824 – 25 , and thus was there for the climax of the hotly contested 1824 election , in which no presidential candidate was able to secure a majority of the Electoral College , throwing the decision to the House of Representatives . On 9 February 1825 , that body selected Secretary of State John Quincy Adams as president ; that evening , the runner @-@ up , General Andrew Jackson , shook hands with Adams at the White House as Lafayette looked on . 

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 Concerned about the new Constitution , Adams made an attempt to reenter national politics . He allowed his name to be put forth as a candidate for the United States House of Representatives in the December 1788 election , but lost to Fisher Ames , apparently because Ames was a stronger supporter of the Constitution , a more popular position . Despite his defeat , Adams continued to work for amendments to the Constitution , a movement that ultimately resulted in the addition of a Bill of Rights in 1791 . With these amendments , and the possibility of more , Adams subsequently became a firm supporter of the Constitution . 

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 Adams ' defeat resulted from 1 ) the stronger organization of the Democratic @-@ Republicans , 2 ) Federalist disunity , 3 ) the controversy of the Alien and Sedition Acts , 4 ) the popularity of Jefferson in the south and 5 ) the effective politicking of Aaron Burr in New York State , where the legislature shifted from Federalist to Democratic @-@ Republican on the basis of a few wards in New York City controlled by Burr 's machine . 
