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| Name |
John Quincy Adams |
| Prefix |
President |
| Birth |
11 Jul 1767 |
Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
23 Feb 1848 |
Washington, District of Columbia, United States |
| Initiatory (LDS) |
22 Aug 1877 |
SGEOR |
| FamilySearch ID |
KNCR-GGS |
| Burial |
Hancock Cemetery, Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States |
| Headstones |
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| Person ID |
I90585 |
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| Last Modified |
25 Feb 2024 |
| Father |
President John Adams, b. 19 Oct 1735, Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States d. 4 Jul 1826, Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States (Age 90 years) |
| Mother |
Abigail Quincy Smith, b. 22 Nov 1744, Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States d. 28 Oct 1818, Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States (Age 73 years) |
| Marriage |
25 Oct 1764 |
Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States |
| Family ID |
F30028 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Louisa Catherine Johnson, b. 12 Feb 1775, London, Middlesex, England d. 15 May 1852, Washington, District of Columbia, United States (Age 77 years) |
| Marriage |
26 Jul 1797 |
London, Middlesex, England |
| Children |
| | 1. George Washington Adams, b. 12 Apr 1801, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States d. 9 Jun 1829 (Age 28 years) |
| | 2. John Adams, II, b. 4 Jul 1803, Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States d. 23 Oct 1834, Washington, District of Columbia, United States (Age 31 years) |
| | 3. Charles Frances Adams, b. 18 Aug 1807, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States d. 21 Nov 1886, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States (Age 79 years) |
| | 4. Louisa Catherine Adams, b. 12 Aug 1811, Saint Petersburg, Rossiya d. 15 Sep 1812, Saint Petersburg, Rossiya (Age 1 year) |
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| Family ID |
F30030 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
5 May 2024 |
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 | Birth - 11 Jul 1767 - Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States |
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 | Marriage - 26 Jul 1797 - London, Middlesex, England |
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 | Death - 23 Feb 1848 - Washington, District of Columbia, United States |
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 | Initiatory (LDS) - 22 Aug 1877 - SGEOR |
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 | Burial - - Hancock Cemetery, Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States |
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| Notes |
- 6th President of the United States.
He was an American statesman, diplomat, lawyer, and diarist, who serve d a s the 6th president of the United States from 1825 to 1829. He previo usl y served as the 8th United States Secretary of State from 1817 to 182 5. D uring his long diplomatic and political career, Adams also served a s an a mbassador, and as a member of the United States Senate and House o f Repre sentatives representing Massachusetts. He was the eldest son of J ohn Adam s, who served as the second U.S. president from 1797 to 1801, an d First L ady Abigail Adams. Initially a Federalist like his father, he w on electio n to the presidency as a member of the Democratic-Republican P arty, and i n the mid-1830s became affiliated with the Whig Party.
Born in Braintree, Massachusetts[3] (now part of the town of Quincy), Ad a ms spent much of his youth in Europe, where his father served as a dipl om at. After returning to the United States, Adams established a successf u l legal practice in Boston. In 1794, President George Washington appoin te d Adams as the U.S. ambassador to the Netherlands, and Adams would ser v e in high-ranking diplomatic posts until 1801, when Thomas Jefferson to o k office as president. Federalist leaders in Massachusetts arranged fo r A dams's election to the United States Senate in 1802, but Adams brok e wit h the Federalist Party over foreign policy and was denied re-electi on. I n 1809, President James Madison, a member of the Democratic-Republi can Pa rty, appointed Adams as the U.S. ambassador to Russia. Adams hel d diploma tic posts for the duration of Madison's presidency, and he serv ed as par t of the American delegation that negotiated an end to the Wa r of 1812. I n 1817, President James Monroe selected Adams as his Secreta ry of State . In that role, Adams negotiated the Adams–Onís Treaty, whic h provided fo r the American acquisition of Florida. He also helped formu late the Monro e Doctrine, which became a key tenet of U.S. foreign polic y. In 1818, Ada ms was elected a member of the American Philosophical Soc iety in Philadel phia.
Adams, Andrew Jackson, William H. Crawford, and Henry Clay — all membe r s of the Democratic-Republican Party — competed in the 1824 presidenti a l election. Because no candidate won a majority of electoral votes, th e H ouse of Representatives held a contingent election, which Adams won w it h the support of Speaker of the House Clay, whom Adams would go on t o con troversially appoint as his Secretary of State. As president, Adam s calle d for an ambitious agenda that included federally funded infrastr ucture p rojects, the establishment of a national university, and engagem ent wit h the countries of Latin America, but Congress refused to pass ma ny of hi s initiatives. During Adams's presidency, the Democratic-Republi can Part y split into two major camps: the National Republican Party, whi ch suppor ted President Adams, and Andrew Jackson's Democratic Party. Th e Democrat s proved to be more effective political organizers than Adam s and his Nat ional Republican supporters, and Jackson soundly defeated A dams in the 18 28 presidential election, making Adams the second presiden t after his fat her to fail to win re-election.
Rather than retiring from public service, Adams won election to the Hou s e of Representatives, where he would serve from 1831 until his death i n 1 848. He remains the only ex-president to be elected to the chamber. A fte r narrowly losing his bids for Governor of Massachusetts and Senate r e-el ection, Adams joined the Anti-Masonic Party in the early 1830s befor e joi ning the Whig Party, which united those opposed to President Jackso n. Dur ing his time in Congress, Adams became increasingly critical of sl avery a nd of the Southern leaders who he believed controlled the Democra tic Part y. He was particularly opposed to the annexation of Texas and th e Mexican –American War, which he saw as a war to extend slavery and it s politica l grip on Congress. He also led the repeal of the "gag rule" , which had p revented the House of Representatives from debating petitio ns to abolis h slavery. Historians concur that Adams was one of the great est diplomat s and secretaries of state in American history; they typical ly rank him a s an average president, as he had an ambitious agenda but c ould not get i t passed by Congress.
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