John Adams was the first vice president of USA under George Washington and was the second president of USA. He was initially a part of democratic-republican party and then joined federalist party under whose auspice s he won the presidential elections.
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The Federalist Party grew up and immediately supported Adams as their candidate in 1796, the first contested election. Before that, there were no organized political parties. The Federalist eventually died out, but I was am not aware that Adams joined any other party.
The first political party to successfully claim a U.S. President was the Federalist Party. Federalist John Adams was elected the second President of the United States.
Only one President was officially a Federalist. That was the second US President, John Adams. George Washington had political leanings more in line with the Federalist Party, however Washington did not condone political parties and never officially aligned with the Federalists.
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The Anti-Jackson Party was also known as Adams Men during the Presidency of John Quincy Adams. It was the predecessor of the National Republican Party.
John Adams was the only Federalist president in the history of the US. (See related question)