President John Quincy Adams

Birth	07/11/1767
Education	1787
Occup	1794-1797		USA Ambassador to Netherlands
Occup	1797-1801		USA Ambassador to Germany
Occup	1803-1808
Election	1808		USA Presidential Election Runner up for VP nominee
Occup	1809-1814		USA Ambassador to Russia
Org.	1814		Treaty of Ghent
Occup	1814-1817		USA Ambassador to United Kingdom
Occup	1817-1825		USA Secretary of State
Election	1824		USA Presidential Election
Occup	1825-1829
Election	1828		USA Presidential Election
Occup	1831-1848
Org.	1839		American Antiquarian Society, Member
Org.	1842-1843		US House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Chairperson
Death	02/23/1848		Cause: cerebral hemorrhage
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John Quincy Adams, the son of the second President, John Adams, was called "Old Man Eloquent" because of his articulate urbanity. He was a diplomat to several European countries, United States Senator, and Secretary of State under Monroe. He was elected President in the disputed election of 1824 in which he actually ran second in both electoral votes and popular votes to Andrew Jackson. A deal was cooked up in the House of Representatives between Adams and Henry Clay, one of the other defeated candidates, and Adams won the Presidency. He rewarded Clay with the position of Secretary of State. It is unfortunate that a man as honorable as Adams would thus enter the Presidency under a cloud of suspicion.

Adams, like his father, moved from Congregationalist... Read More