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Miles Morgan

Miles Morgan helped found Springfield, MA, and there is astatute of him there.Appleton Morgan, in "A History of the Family Morgan," 1902, saysthat Miles Morgan was a single child and his father was notWilliam Morgan (i.e., he is not related to this Morgan family).But Nathaniel Morgan in "A History of Jams Morgan of New Londonand his Descendents," Hartford, 1869, says that Miles Morgan wasJames Morgan's brother.


Miles Morgan

Miles Morgan helped found Springfield, MA, and there is astatute of him there.Appleton Morgan, in "A History of the Family Morgan," 1902, saysthat Miles Morgan was a single child and his father was notWilliam Morgan (i.e., he is not related to this Morgan family).But Nathaniel Morgan in "A History of Jams Morgan of New Londonand his Descendents," Hartford, 1869, says that Miles Morgan wasJames Morgan's brother.


Elizabeth Bliss

It is not certain whether Miles Morgan was the son of thisWilliam Morgan.One of the descendants of Miles Morgan was the rich and famousinternational banker, J. Pierpont Morgan.


President John Quincy Adams

BIOGRAPHY: REFN34106 John Quincy Adams, 6th President of the United States, independent Federalist, later Democratic-Republican, was the son of John and Abigail Adams. His father was the second President of the United States. He studied abroad and at Harvard University from which he graduated in 1787. In 1803, he was elected to the United States Senate. President Monroe chose him as his Secretary of State in 1817. In this capacity he negotiated the cession of the Floridas from Spain, supported exclusion of slavery in the Missouri Compromise, and help formulate the Monroe Doctrine. In 1824 Adams was elected president by the House of Representatives after he failed to win an Electoral College majority. His expansion of executive powers was strongly opposed, and in the 1828 election he lost to Andrew Jackson. In 1831 he entered the House of Representatives and served 17 years with distinction. He opposed slavery, the annexation of Texas, and the Mexican War. He helped establish the Smithsonian Institution. He suffered a stroke in the House and died in the Speaker's Room on February 23, 1848. John Quincy Adams is the 4th cousin 5 times removed of Raymond Downing, David L. Downing, Rudolph A. Downing Jr., and Jean Downing Wiley.
Sixth president of the U.S. (1825-29). Born in Braintree, Mass., he was the eldest son of J. Adams and A. Adams. He accompanied his father to Europe on diplomatic missions (1778-80). He was appointed U.S. minister to the Netherlands (1794) and to Prussia (1797). In 1801 he returned to Massachusetts and served in the U.S. Senate (1803-8). Resuming his diplomatic service, he became U.S. minister to Russia (1809-11) and Britain (1815-17). Appointed secretary of state (1817-24), he was instrumental in acquiring Florida from Spain and in drafting the Monroe Doctrine. In the 1824 presidential election, he was one of three candidates; none received a majority of the electoral votes, though A. Jackson received a plurality. The decision went to the House of Representatives, where Adams received crucial support from H. Clay and the electoral votes necessary to elect him president. He appointed Clay secretary of state, which further angered Jackson. Adams's presidency was unsuccessful; when he ran for reelection, Jackson defeated him. In 1830 he was elected to the House, where he served until his death. He was outspoken in his opposition to slavery and in 1839 proposed a constitutional amendment forbidding slavery in any new state admitted to the Union. Southern congressmen prevented discussion of antislavery petitions by passing gag rules (repealed in 1844 as a result of Adams's persistence). In 1841 he successfully defended the slaves in the Amistad Mutiny case. Encyclopedia Brittanica

BIOGRAPHY: The first President who was the son of a President, John Quincy Adams in many respects paralleled the career as well as the temperament and viewpoints of his illustrious father. Born in Braintree, Massachusetts, in 1767, he watched the Battle of Bunker Hill from the top of Penn's Hill above the family farm. As secretary to his father in Europe, he became an accomplished linguist and assiduous diarist.
After graduating from Harvard College, he became a lawyer. At age 26 he was appointed Minister to the Netherlands, then promoted to the Berlin Legation. In 1802 he was elected to the United States Senate. Six years later President Madison appointed him Minister to Russia.
Serving under President Monroe, Adams was one of America's great Secretaries of State, arranging with England for the joint occupation of the Oregon country, obtaining from Spain the cession of the Floridas, and formulating with the President the Monroe Doctrine.
In the political tradition of the early 19th century, Adams as Secretary of State was considered the political heir to the Presidency. But the old ways of choosing a President were giving way in 1824 before the clamor for a popular choice.
Within the one and only party--the Republican--sectionalism and factionalism were developing, and each section put up its own candidate for the Presidency. Adams, the candidate of the North, fell behind Gen. Andrew Jackson in both popular and electoral votes, but received more than William H. Crawford and Henry Clay. Since no candidate had a majority of electoral votes, the election was decided among the top three by the House of Representatives. Clay, who favored a program similar to that of Adams, threw his crucial support in the House to the New Englander.
Upon becoming President, Adams appointed Clay as Secretary of State. Jackson and his angry followers charged that a "corrupt bargain" had taken place and immediately began their campaign to wrest the Presidency from Adams in 1828.
Well aware that he would face hostility in Congress, Adams nevertheless proclaimed in his first Annual Message a spectacular national program. He proposed that the Federal Government bring the sections together with a network of highways and canals, and that it develop and conserve the public domain, using funds from the sale of public lands. In 1828, he broke ground for the 185-mile C & 0 Canal.
Adams also urged the United States to take a lead in the development of the arts and sciences through the establishment of a national university, the financing of scientific expeditions, and the erection of an observatory. His critics declared such measures transcended constitutional limitations.
The campaign of 1828, in which his Jacksonian opponents charged him with corruption and public plunder, was an ordeal Adams did not easily bear. After his defeat he returned to Massachusetts, expecting to spend the remainder of his life enjoying his farm and his books.
Unexpectedly, in 1830, the Plymouth district elected him to the House of Representatives, and there for the remainder of his life he served as a powerful leader. Above all, he fought against circumscription of civil liberties.
In 1836 southern Congressmen passed a "gag rule" providing that the House automatically table petitions against slavery. Adams tirelessly fought the rule for eight years until finally he obtained its repeal.
In 1848, he collapsed on the floor of the House from a stroke and was carried to the Speaker's Room, where two days later he died. He was buried--as were his father, mother, and wife--at First Parish Church in Quincy. To the end, "Old Man Eloquent" had fought for what he considered right.
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Alias:<ALIA> 6th President of the United /States/
John Quincy Adams
The first President who was the son of a President, John Quincy Adams in
many respects paralleled the career as well as the temperament and
viewpoints of his illustrious father. Born in Braintree, Massachusetts,
in 1767, he watched the Battle of Bunker Hill from the top of Penn's Hill
above the family farm. As secretary to his father in Europe, he became an
accomplished linguist and assiduous diarist.
After graduating from Harvard College, he became a lawyer. At age26 he
was appointed Minister to the Netherlands, then promoted to the Berlin
Legation. In 1802 he was elected to the United States Senate. Six years
later President Madison appointed him Minister to Russia.
Serving under President Monroe, Adams was one of America's great
Secretaries of State, arranging with England for the joint occupation of
the Oregon country, obtaining from Spain the cession of the Floridas, and
formulating with the President the Monroe Doctrine.
In the political tradition of the early 19th century, Adams as Secretary
of State was considered the political heir to the Presidency. But theold
ways of choosing a President were giving way in 1824 before the clamor
for a popular choice.
Within the one and only party--the Republican--sectionalism and
factionalism were developing, and each section put up its own candidate
for the Presidency. Adams, the candidate of the North, fell behind Gen.
Andrew Jackson in both popular and electoral votes, but received more
thanWilliam H. Crawford and Henry Clay. Since no candidate had a
majority of electoral votes, the election was decided among the top three
by the House of Representatives. Clay, who favored a program similar to
that of Adams, threw hiscrucial support in the House to the New
Englander.
Upon becoming President, Adams appointed Clay as Secretary of State.
Jackson and his angry followerscharged that a "corrupt bargain" had
taken place and immediately began theircampaign to wrest the Presidency
from Adams in 1828.
Well aware that he would face hostility in Congress, Adams nevertheless
proclaimed in his first Annual Message a spectacular national program. He
proposed that the Federal Government bring the sections together with a
network of highways and canals, and that it develop and conserve the
public domain, using funds from the sale of public lands. In 1828, he
broke ground for the 185-mile C & 0 Canal.
Adams also urged the United States to take a lead in the development of
the artsand sciences through the establishment of a national university,
the financing of scientific expeditions, and the erection of an
observatory. His criticsdeclared such measures transcended
constitutional limitations.
The campaignof 1828, in which his Jacksonian opponents charged him with
corruption and public plunder, was an ordeal Adams did not easily bear.
After his defeat he returned to Massachusetts, expecting to spend the
remainder of his life enjoying his farm and his books.
Unexpectedly, in 1830, the Plymouth district elected him to the House of
Representatives, and there for the remainder of his life he served as a
powerful leader. Above all, he fought against circumscription of civil
liberties.
In 1836 southern Congressmen passed a "gag rule" providing that the House
automatically table petitions against slavery. Adams tirelessly fought
the rule for eight years until finally he obtained its repeal.
In 1848, he collapsed on the floor of the House from a stroke and was
carried to the Speaker's Room, where two days later he died. He was
buried--as were his father, mother, and wife--at First Parish Church in
Quincy. To the end, "Old Man Eloquent" had fought for what he considered
right.


Louisa Catherine Johnson

BIOGRAPHY: Only First Lady born outside the United States, Louisa Catherine Adams did not come to this country until four years after she had married John Quincy Adams. Political enemies sometimes called her English. She was born in London to an English mother, Catherine Nuth Johnson, but her father was American--Joshua Johnson, of Maryland--and he served as United States consul after 1790.
A career diplomat at 27, accredited to the Netherlands, John Quincy developed his interest in charming 19-year-old Louisa when they met in London in 1794. Three years later they were married, and went to Berlin in course of duty. At the Prussian court she displayed the style and grace of a diplomat's lady; the ways of a Yankee farm community seemed strange indeed in 1801 when she first reached the country of which she was a citizen. Then began years divided among the family home in Quincy, Massachusetts, their house in Boston, and a political home in Washington, D.C. When the Johnsons had settled in the capital, Louisa felt more at home there than she ever did in New England.
She left her two older sons in Massachusetts for education in 1809 when she took two-year-old Charles Francis to Russia, where Adams served as Minister. Despite the glamour of the tsar's court, she had to struggle with cold winters, strange customs, limited funds, and poor health; an infant daughter born in 1811 died the next year. Peace negotiations called Adams to Ghent in 1814 and then to London. To join him, Louisa had to make a forty-day journey across war-ravaged Europe by coach in winter; roving bands of stragglers and highwaymen filled her with "unspeakable terrors" for her son. Happily, the next two years gave her an interlude of family life in the country of her birth.
Appointment of John Quincy as Monroe's Secretary of State brought the Adamses to Washington in 1817, and Louisa's drawing room became a center for the diplomatic corps and other notables. Good music enhanced her Tuesday evenings at home, and theater parties contributed to her reputation as an outstanding hostess.
But the pleasure of moving to the White House in 1825 was dimmed by the bitter politics of the election and by her own poor health. She suffered from deep depression. Though she continued her weekly "drawing rooms," she preferred quiet evenings--reading, composing music and verse, playing her harp. The necessary entertainments were always elegant, however; and her cordial hospitality made the last official reception a gracious occasion although her husband had lost his bid for re-election and partisan feeling still ran high.
Louisa thought she was retiring to Massachusetts permanently, but in 1831 her husband began 17 years of notable service in the House of Representatives. The Adamses could look back on a secure happiness as well as many trials when they celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary at Quincy in 1847. He was fatally stricken at the Capitol the following year; she died in Washington in 1852, and today lies buried at this side in the family church at Quincy.
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