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Parents
| President John Adams, Jr. | 30 OCT 1735 -- 4 JUL 1826 |  |
| Abigail Smith | 22 NOV 1744 -- 28 OCT 1818 | |
| Joshua Johnson | 25 JUN 1744 -- 17 APR 1802 |  |
| Catherine Nuth | 1757 -- 10/29/1811 | |
Events
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 | US Senator from MA |  | |
| Election | 1808 | USA Presidential Election Runner up for VP nominee | | |
| Occup | 1809-1814 | USA Ambassador to Russia | | |
| Occup | 1814-1817 | USA Ambassador to United Kingdom | | |
| Org. | 1814 |  | Treaty of Ghent | |
| Occup | 1817-1825 | USA Secretary of State | | |
| Election | 1824 | USA Presidential Election | | |
| Occup | 1825-1829 | USA President | | |
| Election | 1828 | USA Presidential Election | | |
| Occup | 1831-1848 | US Rep. from MA | | |
| 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
First Lady Louisa Catherine Johnson
| Birth | 02/12/1775 | |||
| Occup | 1825-1829 | USA First Lady | | |
| Death | 05/15/1852 | |||
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| Children | First Name | Birth Dt | Death Dt | Birth Place | Spouses | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | George Washington | 12 APR 1801 | 9 JUN 1829 | MA, Suffolk Co, Boston | ||
| 2+ | John | 4 JUL 1803 | 23 OCT 1834 | MA, Norfolk Co, Quincy | Mary Catherine Hellen | |
| 3+ | Charles Francis | 18 AUG 1807 | 21 NOV 1886 | MA, Suffolk Co, Boston | Abigail Brown Brooks | |
| 4✟ | Louisa Catherine | 12 AUG 1811 | 15 SEP 1812 | Russia, Northwestern District, St Petersburg | ||
ments
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| Name | Relation | ||
|---|---|---|---|
 | John Caldwell Calhoun | Vice President | |
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 | George Washington | Appointed Amb. to Netherlands | |
| George Washington | Appointed Amb. to Canada | |
 | John Adams | Appointed Amb. to Germany | |
 | James Madison | Appointed Amb. to Russia | |
| James Madison | Appointed Amb. to United Kingdom | |
 | James Monroe | Appointed Secretary of State | |
Organizations, Memberships, & Religion (3) 
Political Appointments (14)
Namesake Places (2)
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