John Quincy Adams

1767 - 1848  (80 years)

• Name	John Quincy Adams  [1]
  Birth	11 Jul 1767	Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, -USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Note	John Quincy Adams sailed for Europe in 1778 with his father. There, in 1781, he entered Leyden University in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, returning to the United States in 1785. He graduated from Harvard in 1787, and was admitted to the bar in 1790. He political career began in 1794 when he was appointed Minister to The Netherlands. In 1796 his father, John Adams, was elected President. He was elected to the Massachusetts Senate in 1802, and in the following year to the United States Senate. John Quincy became Minister to Russia in 1809. He signed the Treaty of Ghent in 1814 which ended a long war between France and Russia, and also ended the War of 1812 between England and the United States. He became Minister to Great Britain in 1815, and was appointed as the Secretary of State of the United States in 1817. Running as a Federalist John Quincy Adams sought the presidency in 1825. Neither he nor John Calhoun had the necessary majority vote, so the election was up to the House of Representatives, who chose John Quincy Adams as the Sixth President of the United States. John Calhoun served as his Vice-President. His inauguration took place on March 4, 1825 in the Hall of the Representatives, Washington, D.C. After 1825 he chose to become a National Republican. After his term as President, he was elected as Massachusetts representative to Congress. John Quincy Adams was deeply religious and made it a point to read the entire Bible at least once each year, usually a few chapters each morning before breakfast. He read from English, French and German Bibles. After his memorial service, Henry Clay rode with his coffin from Washington to Quincy, along with John C. Calhoun of South Carolina. A little-known congressman from Illinois, Abraham Lincoln, was in charge of the funeral arrangements.
  Note	per Ances of Pres 6th US President
  Death	23 Feb 1848	Washington, District of Columbia, -USA   [1]
  Person ID	I19403	HHTT
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2022

  
  

  Father	John Adams,   b. 19 Oct 1735, Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, -USA d. 4 Jul 1826, Quincy, Massachusetts, -USA (Age 90 years)
  Mother	Abigail Smith,   b. 23 Nov 1744, Weymouth, Massachusetts, -USA d. 28 Oct 1818, Quincy, Massachusetts, -USA (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	24 Feb 1764	Weymouth, Massachusetts, -USA   [1]
  Family ID	F2859	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Louisa Catherine Johnson,   b. 12 Feb 1775, London, England d. 14 May 1852, Washington, District of Columbia, -USA (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	26 Jul 1797	London, England   [1]
  Children	1. George Washington Adams,   b. 13 Apr 1801, Berlin, Prussia d. 30 Apr 1829, Long Island Soun, New York, -USA (Age 28 years) > 2. John Adams,   b. 4 Jul 1803, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, -USA d. 23 Oct 1834, Washington, District of Columbia, -USA (Age 31 years) > 3. Charles Francis Adams,   b. 18 Aug 1807, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, -USA d. 21 Nov 1886, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, -USA (Age 79 years)   4. Louisa Catherine Adams,   b. 1811, St. Petersburg, Russia d. 1812, St. Petersburg, Russia (Age 1 year)
  Family ID	F3036	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2022

  
  

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