Chronicles the story of the Adams political family over a 150-year span, including John Adams (drafter and signer of the Declaration, accomplished diplomat, and the 2nd President of the U.S.), his wife Abigail Adams, his son John Quincy Adams (acclaimed Secretary of State, the 6th President, and prominent abolitionist Congressman), grandson Charles Francis Adams, Congressman and Ambassador to Great Britain during the Civil War, and much-heralded members of the fourth generation Henry Brooks Adams, the historian and author of the novel Democracy, and Charles Francis Adams II, the industrialist.

Cast & crew

V

Virginia Kassel

Creator

A

Anne Howard Bailey

Narrator (voice)

George Hearn

Henry Clay

A

Allan Carlsen

John Adams II

George Grizzard

John Adams

William Daniels

John Quincy Adams

Pamela Payton-Wright

Louisa Catherine Adams

Wesley Addy

Andrew Jackson

W

W.B. Brydon

Samuel Adams

Nancy Marchand

Mrs. Smith

J

Jean-Pierre Stewart

Alexis de Toqueville

Tim Wilson

Young John II

Michael O'Hare

Richard Cranch

John Tillinger

King George III

Kathryn Walker

Abigail Smith Adams

Lisa Lucas

Young Abigail II

Katharine Houghton

Abigail Adams II

Curt Dawson

John Hancock

P

Patrick Horgan

Lord Howe

M

M'el Dowd

Madame Brillon

K

K.C. Ligon

Fanny

Seasons

13 episodes

Miniseries1976 · 13 episodes