ADAMS, John Quincy [1767-1848] -- American politician and statesman, 6ï¿½ POTUS

ADAMS, John Quincy [1767-1848] -- American politician and statesman, 6° POTUS

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At the age of eleven years he accompanied his father, John Adams, ¤ to France. He attended school in Paris, and in 1781 accompanied the American ambassador, Francis Dana, to Russia as his private secretary. He returned home in 1785, and entered Harvard College, where he graduated in 1788. He then began the study of law with Hon. Theophilus Parsons. In 1794 he was appointed resident minister to the Netherlands, and afterwards to Portugal; but, while on his way to Lisbon, he received a new commission from his father, then president, which changed him to Prussia. In 1797 he was married to Miss Louisa Catherine Johnson. He returned to America in 1801, and in 1802 he was elected to the senate of Massachusetts. In 1803 he was elected to the United States senate, and resigned his seat in 1806. In 1809 he was appointed minister plenipotentiary to Russia, and in 1814 he was placed at the head of the American commissioners who negotiated the treaty of peace with Great Britain at Ghent. Mr. Adams was appointed minister to the court of St. James in 1815; was appointed secretary of state in 1817, and held the office eight years. Feb. 9, 1825, he was elected president of the United States by the house of representatives, the electoral College having failed to make a choice, and was inaugurated March 4, He was defeated for a re-election, and on the 4th of March, 1829, he left the executive chair and retired to private life. In 1830 he was elected to the house of representatives, and held the office by re-elections until his death, Feb. 23, 1848, which occurred in the capitol at Washington in the speaker's room, two days after falling from his chair in the house of representatives. His last words were: This is the end of earth; I am content.

An elaborate history of his life was published in 1875, by his son, Charles Francis Adams. ¤ HE

He has been called perhaps the greatest secretary of state in American history. His presidency was not so distinguished.

Chronology

1778	Accompanied his father to France
1781	Private secretary to Francis Dana, American ambassador to Russia
1785	Returned to US, entered Harvard College
1788	Graduated Harvard College
1794	Appointed resident minister to the Netherlands
1797	Married Miss Louisa Catherine Johnson
1797	First president to have been married abroad (London)
1801	Returned to US
1802	Elected to MA Senate
1803	Elected to US Senate, but resigned his seat in 1806
1809	Minister plenipotentiary to Russia
1814	Headed American commission negotiating the Treaty of Ghent with GB
1815	Minister to the court of St James (GB)
1817	Appointed secretary of state
1819	Negotiates the Transcontinental Treaty with Spain (ratified 1821)
1825	First president to be elected by the house of representatives, the electoral college having failed to make a choice.
1825	First son of a president to also be elected president
1825-1829	6th POTUS
1829	Retires to private life, having failed to win reelection to the presidency
<1829	Installed the first billiard table in the White House
<1829	First president to be interviewed by a female reporter
1830-1848	US representative from MA -- the only president to be elected to the House after his presidency
1841/02/22	Begins arguments of the Armistat case before the Supreme Court

Selected Works

The Bible and Its Teachings

Lectures on Rhetoric and Oratory

Letters on Freemasonry

Lives of Celebrated Statesmen

Poems of Religion and Society

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- John Quincy Adams: Inaugural Address. U.S. Inaugural Addresses. 1989
- The Amistad Case- The Arguments of John Quincy Adams before the Supreme Court of the United States in the case of the United States, Appellants, vs. Cinque, and others, Africans, captured in the schooner Amistad, by Lieut. Gedney, Delivered on the 24th of February and 1st of March 1841.
- Poems of religion and society. With notices of his life and character by John Davis and T. H. Benton.
- From Revolution to Reconstruction: Presidents: John Quincy Adams Inaugural address and State of the Union addresses.
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  - ADAMS, John Quincy - Biographical Information Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
  - Biography of John Quincy Adams
  - Welcome to The American Presidency Encyclopedia Americana article
  - Biography of President John Quincy Adams
  - John Quincy Adams
  - Biography of John Quincy Adams From the 1911 edition of the Encyclopedia Brittanica
  - Biography of John Quincy Adams
- Genealogy
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    - Internet Public Library: POTUS
    - American President
    - American Presidents: Life Portraits
    - JQA: One President's Adolescence Quite a unique site!
  - The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Adams, J.
  - John Quincy Adams Elementary School
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  - John Quincy Adams - 6th President of the United States
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  - Adams National Historical Park (National Park Service)
- BASIC FACTS OF THE AMISTAD CASE
- An account of the Amistad Case.
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Associated

Son: ¤ADAMS, Charles Francis [1807-1886] American diplomat and author
Father: ¤ADAMS, John [1735-1826] American politician and statesman, 2° POTUS (2° POTUS)
Wife: ¤ADAMS, Abigail [1744-1818] American writer, First Lady of the United States, FLOTUS