Guest Stars George Grizzard as John Adams Tim Wilson as John Adams II (Younger) Michael O'Hare as Richard Cranch K.C. Ligon as Fanny Allan Carlsen as John Adams II Albert Stratton as Thomas Jefferson Leora Dana as Abigail Adams (Older) Tom Tammi as Thomas Adams Tom Aldredge as James McHenry Jeremiah Sullivan as Alexander Hamilton Katharine Houghton as Abigail Adams II Robert Prosky as Benjamin Stoddert Louis Turenne as M. Hauteval Reid Shelton as Timothy Pickering Josef Sommer as Charles Lee John Braden as John Marshall Tom McDermott as Eldridge Gerry Stephen Strimpell as Ames David O'Brien as Oliver Wolcott