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President of the United States

1825-1829

First Lady of the United States

1825-1829

FATHER:

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John Adams

(1735-1826)

MOTHER:

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Abigail Adams

(1744-1818)

SISTER

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Abigail "Nabby" Adams Smith

(1765-1813)

BROTHER

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Charles Adams

(1770-1800)

BROTHER

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Thomas Boylston Adams

(1772-1832)

John Quincy Adams

(1767-1848)

John Quincy Adams was an American statesman, politician, diplomat, lawyer, and diarist who served as the sixth president of the United States, from 1825 to 1829. He previously served as the eighth United States secretary of state from 1817 to 1825. During his long diplomatic and political career, Adams served as an ambassador and also as a member of the United States Congress representing Massachusetts in both chambers.

BORN:

Braintree, Massachusetts

Jul 11, 1767

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BIRTHPLACE:

MUSEUM

John Quincy Adams Birthplace

133 Franklin St, Quincy, MA 02169

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Born in Braintree, Massachusetts, Adams spent much of his youth in Europe, where his father served as a diplomat. After returning to the United States, Adams established a successful legal practice in Boston. In 1794, President George Washington appointed Adams as the U.S. ambassador to the Netherlands, and Adams would serve in high-ranking diplomatic posts until 1801, when Thomas Jefferson took office as president.

Federalist leaders in Massachusetts arranged for Adams's election to the United States Senate in 1802, but Adams broke with the Federalist Party over foreign policy and was denied re-election. In 1809, President James Madison, a member of the Democratic-Republican Party, appointed Adams as the U.S. ambassador to Russia. Multilingual, Adams held diplomatic posts for the duration of Madison's presidency, and he served as part of the American delegation that negotiated an end to the War of 1812. In 1817, President James Monroe selected Adams as his secretary of state. In that role, Adams negotiated the Adams–Onís Treaty, which provided for the American acquisition of Florida. He also helped formulate the Monroe Doctrine, which became a key tenet of U.S. foreign policy. In 1818, Adams was elected a member of the American Philosophical Society in Philadelphia.

DIED:

Washington, D.C.

Feb 23, 1848

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GRAVE:

CEMETERY

United First Parish Church

1306 Hancock St, Quincy, MA 02169

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John Quincy Adams

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Site
George Washington's Mount Vernon
3200 Mount Vernon Memorial Hwy, Mt Vernon, VA 22121
MUSEUM
Old South Meeting House
310 Washington St, Boston, MA 02108
MUSEUM
John Adams Peacefield
1250 Hancock St, Quincy, MA 02169
MUSEUM
Boston Common
139 Tremont St, Boston, MA 02111
PARK
John Adams Birthplace - Adams National Historical Park
127 Franklin St, Quincy, MA 02169
MUSEUM
John Quincy Adams Birthplace
133 Franklin St, Quincy, MA 02169
MUSEUM
Abigail Adams view of Battle of Bunker Hill Marker
1-9 Viden Rd, Quincy, MA 02169
MARKER
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