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Richard A. Samuelson

Richard A. Samuelson recently received his Ph.D. in history from the University of Virginia. His dissertation was on "The Adams Family and the American Experiment."

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    The Midnight Appointments

    History has given us the image of a petulant President John Adams staying up to all hours of the night in his last days in office in March 1801, commissioning Federalist party members as judges throughout the land. With the ink still fresh on the last of his “Midnight Appointments,” he rode out of town and refused to attend the Republican Thom