John Quincy Adams

Extracted Attributes

• Gender

  Male

• Education

  Harvard University

• Full Name

  John Quincy Adams

• Citizenship

  United States

• Date of Birth

  1767-07-11

• Date of Death

  1848-02-23

• Place of Birth

  Braintree, Massachusetts, United States

• Place of Death

  United States Capitol, Washington, D.C., United States

• Political Parties

  Federalist Party, Democratic-Republican Party, Anti-Masonic Party, Whig Party

• Office Held (1817-1825)

  8th U.S. Secretary of State

• Office Held (1825-1829)

  6th President of the United States

• Office Held (1831-1848)

  Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts

Timeline

• Born in Braintree, Massachusetts. (Source: undefined)

  1767-07-11

• Appointed U.S. Minister to the Netherlands by President George Washington. (Source: undefined)

  1794-01-01

• Took office as U.S. Senator representing Massachusetts. (Source: undefined)

  1803-03-04

• Appointed U.S. Minister to Russia by President James Madison. (Source: undefined)

  1809-08-09

• Signed the Treaty of Ghent as head of the U.S. negotiating commission, ending the War of 1812. (Source: undefined)

  1814-12-24

• Assumed office as the 8th U.S. Secretary of State under President James Monroe. (Source: undefined)

  1817-09-22

• Signed the Adams–Onís Treaty, officially acquiring Florida from Spain. (Source: undefined)

  1819-02-22

• Formulated principles resulting in the declaration of the Monroe Doctrine. (Source: undefined)

  1823-12-02

• Elected 6th President of the United States by the U.S. House of Representatives in a contingent election. (Source: undefined)

  1825-02-09

• Inaugurated as President of the United States. (Source: undefined)

  1825-03-04

• Defeated for re-election by Andrew Jackson. (Source: undefined)

  1828-11-01

• Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, becoming the only former president to serve in the chamber. (Source: undefined)

  1830-11-01

• Successfully argued the Amistad case before the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of enslaved mutineers. (Source: undefined)

  1841-03-09

• Suffered a stroke on the floor of the House of Representatives. (Source: undefined)

  1848-02-21

• Died in the Speaker's Room at the U.S. Capitol. (Source: undefined)

  1848-02-23

John Quincy Adams

John Quincy Adams ( ; July 11, 1767 – February 23, 1848) was the sixth president of the United States, serving from 1825 to 1829. He previously served as the eighth United States secretary of state from 1817 to 1825; minister to Great Britain, Prussia, and Russia; and senator for Massachusetts. After his presidency, Adams uniquely returned to Congress as a member of the lower house, where he died in 1848. He was the eldest son of John Adams, the second president, and First Lady Abigail Adams. Among his children were Charles Francis Adams Sr. Initially a Federalist like his father, Adams spent his presidency as a member of the Democratic-Republican Party, and later, in the mid-1830s, became affiliated with the Whig Party. Born in Braintree, Massachusetts, Adams spent much of his youth in Europe, where his father served as a diplomat during the American Revolutionary War. 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. minister to the Netherlands, while President Adams named him minister to Prussia. After he was recalled in 1801 by the new president Thomas Jefferson, Federalist leaders in Massachusetts arranged for Adams's election to the United States Senate in 1802. However, Adams broke with the Party over foreign policy and was denied re-election. In 1809, President James Madison, a member of Jefferson's Democratic-Republican Party, appointed Adams as the U.S. minister to Russia, and then to Great Britain, where he led negotiations for the Treaty of Ghent, that ended the War of 1812, and began talks for the Rush–Bagot Treaty that settled lingering claims. In 1817, President James Monroe selected Adams as his secretary of state. In that role, Adams negotiated the Adams–Onís Treaty in 1819, which transferred Spanish Florida to the United States. He also helped formulate the Monroe Doctrine, which became a key tenet of U.S. foreign policy. Adams stood for the 1824 presidential election as a Democratic-Republican against William H. Crawford, Henry Clay, and Andrew Jackson. Because no candidate won a majority of electoral votes, the House of Representatives held a contingent election, which Adams won with the support of Speaker of the House Clay, whom Adams would controversially appoint as his secretary of state. Adams championed an ambitious agenda that included federally funded infrastructure projects, the establishment of a national university, and engagement with the countries of Latin America, but the conservative Congress refused to pass many of his initiatives. During Adams's presidency, the Democratic-Republican Party splintered into two major camps: the National Republican Party, which supported Adams, and Andrew Jackson's Democratic Party, who attacked Adams and Clay's "corrupt bargain". The Democrats proved to be more effective political organizers, and Jackson soundly defeated Adams in the 1828 presidential election. After a brief retirement from public service, Adams won election to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1830 as a member of the Anti-Masonic Party. He remains the only former president to be elected to the chamber. After losing his bids for Governor of Massachusetts and Senate, Adams joined the Whig Party, which united those opposed to Jacksonian democracy. During his time in Congress, Adams became increasingly critical of slavery and of the Southern leaders whom he believed controlled the Democratic Party. He was particularly opposed to the annexation of Texas and the Mexican–American War, which he saw as provocations to extend slavery and its political grip on Congress. He also led the fight to repeal the gag rule, which prevented the House of Representatives from debating petitions to abolish slavery. In 1841, the 73-year-old Adams successfully defended enslaved mutineers in the Amistad case before the Supreme Court. He died in the House chamber seven years later. While historians typically rank Adams as an average president, they generally consider him one of the greatest diplomats and secretaries of state in American history, whose powerlessness as chief executive was followed by vehement speeches against slavery and for the rights of women and Native Americans during his post-presidential congressional career.

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• John Quincy Adams | whitehouse.gov

  # John Quincy Adams John Quincy Adams John Quincy Adams, son of John and Abigail Adams, served as the sixth President of the United States from 1825 to 1829. A member of multiple political parties over the years, he also served as a diplomat, a Senator, and a member of the House of Representatives. The first President who was the son of a President, John Quincy Adams in many respects paralleled the career as well as the temperament and viewpoints of his illustrious father. Born in Braintree, Massachusetts, in 1767, he watched the Battle of Bunker Hill from the top of Penn's Hill above the family farm. As secretary to his father in Europe, he became an accomplished linguist and assiduous diarist.

• John Quincy Adams | Biography, Facts, & Presidency

  See all videos for this article John Quincy Adams (born July 11, 1767, Braintree [now Quincy], Massachusetts [U.S.]—died February 23, 1848, Washington, D.C., U.S.) was the sixth president of the United States (1825–29) and eldest son of President John Adams. In his prepresidential years he was one of America’s greatest diplomats (formulating, among other things, what came to be called the Monroe Doctrine), and in his postpresidential years (as a U.S. congressman, 1831–48) he conducted a consistent and often dramatic fight against the expansion of slavery. ## Early life and career Image 23: John Quincy Adams's birthplace John Quincy Adams's birthplaceBirthplace of John Quincy Adams, in Quincy (formerly Braintree), Massachusetts, photograph c. 1855.(more) [...] Top Questions ### Why is John Quincy Adams important? John Quincy Adams was the sixthpresidentof the United States (1825–29). In his prepresidential years he was one of America’s greatest diplomats—formulating, among other things, what came to be called theMonroe Doctrine—and in his postpresidential years (as a U.S. congressman, 1831–48) he fought against the expansion ofslavery. ### What was John Quincy Adams’s childhood like? John Quincy Adams was the eldest son of John and Abigail Adams. Growing up during theAmerican Revolution, he watched theBattle of Bunker Hillfrom Penn’s Hill and heard the cannons roar across the Back Bay inBoston. He accompanied his father on diplomatic missions to Europe and studied inParis andLeiden, Netherlands. [...] ### How did John Quincy Adams become president? In the U.S. presidential election of 1824, Andrew Jackson received 99 electoral votes, Adams 84, William Crawford 41, and Henry Clay 37. Because no one had a majority, theHouse of Representatives chose between the three top candidates. Clay supported Adams, ensuring his victory and the bitter opposition of the Jacksonians to all his initiatives. ### What was John Quincy Adams’s occupation? John Quincy Adams was a diplomat in the administrations of George Washington, John Adams, and James Madison. He served in the Massachusetts Senate and the United States Senate, and he taught at Harvard. He was secretary of state under James Monroe. After his presidential term, he served in the House of Representatives.

• John Quincy Adams

  When the Adamses returned to Washington, D.C. in 1817, John Quincy Adams served as secretary of state for President James Monroe. He authored the Monroe Doctrine, which declared the United States’ intention to resist European intervention in Latin America. He worked to acquire Florida for the United States and improve Anglo-American relations by settling the border dispute in Oregon Country. He was one of the most accomplished and successful secretaries of state in American history. [...] On July 11, 1767, John Quincy Adams was born in Braintree, Massachusetts to Abigail and John Adams. Over the course of his lifetime, Adams witnessed the American Revolution, the evolution of the new nation, and the crawl toward civil war—almost his entire life was devoted to public service. While he is remembered as vocal opponent of slavery, the reality was more complicated. [...] On February 21, 1848, John Quincy Adams suffered a stroke while sitting at his desk on the floor of the House of Representatives. He was moved to the Speaker’s Room in the Capitol Building, when he fell into a coma. He died two days later on February 23, 1848.

• John Quincy Adams - Wikipedia

  ## Early life, education, and early career John Quincy Adams was born on July 11, 1767, to John and Abigail Adams (née Smith) in a part of Braintree, Massachusetts, that is now Quincy. He was named after his mother's maternal grandfather, Colonel John Quincy, after whom Quincy, Massachusetts, is also named. Colonel Quincy died two days after his great-grandson's birth. Young Adams was educated by tutors – his cousin James Thaxter and his father's law clerk, Nathan Rice. He soon exhibited literary skills, and in 1779 he started a diary that he kept until just before he died in 1848. [...] Waldstreicher, David, ed. The Diaries of John Quincy Adams, 1779–1821 (Library of America, 20170. xiv, 727 pp.) Adams, John Quincy (1874–1877). Adams, Charles Francis (ed.). Memoirs of John Quincy Adams: Comprising Portions of His Diary from 1795 to 1848. 12 v. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co. ISBN "ISBN (identifier)") 978-0-8369-5021-2. OCLC "OCLC (identifier)") 559230698. `{{cite book}}`: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help) Adams, John Quincy (1913–1917). Ford, Worthington C (ed.). Writings of John Quincy Adams. 7 v. New York: The Macmillan Company. OCLC "OCLC (identifier)") 564019879. [...] Edit links Article Talk Read View source View history Read View source View history General What links here Related changes Upload file Permanent link Page information Cite this page Get shortened URL Switch to legacy parser Print/export Download as PDF Printable version In other projects Wikimedia Commons Wikiquote Wikisource Wikidata item Appearance Page semi-protected Listen to this article From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia President of the United States from 1825 to 1829 "JQA" redirects here. For other uses, see John Quincy Adams (disambiguation) "John Quincy Adams (disambiguation)") and JQA (disambiguation) "JQA (disambiguation)"). | John Quincy Adams |

• John Quincy Adams: Life Before the Presidency | Miller Center

  John Quincy Adams was born on July 11, 1767, in the village of Braintree (now Quincy), Massachusetts, a few miles south of Boston. His early years were spent living alternately in Braintree and Boston, and his doting father and affectionate mother taught him mathematics, languages, and the classics. His father, John Adams, had been politically active for all of John Quincy's life, but the calling of the First Continental Congress in 1774 marked a new stage in John Adams' activism. The older Adams would go on to help lead the Continental Congress, draft the Declaration of Independence, and oversee the execution of the Revolutionary War. He was also absent from his children's lives more often than he was present, leaving much of their raising and education to their mother, Abigail.

• Award

  Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

• Image

  

• Gender

  male

• Educated At

  Harvard University

• Instance Of

  Q5

• Occupation

  writer

• Citizenship

  United States

• Date Of Birth

  7/11/1767

• Date Of Death

  2/23/1848

• Place Of Birth

  Braintree

• Place Of Death

  United States Capitol