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John Quincy Adams 6th President of the United States

(March 4, 1825 to March 3, 1829) Nickname: "Old Man Eloquent" Born: July 11, 1767, in Braintree (now Quincy), Massachusetts

Died: February 23, 1848, in Washington, D.C.

Father: John Adams

Mother: Abigail Smith Adams

Married: Louisa Catherine Johnson (1775-1852), on July 26, 1797

Children: George Washington Adams (1801-29); John Adams (1803-34); Charles Francis Adams (1807-86); Louisa Catherine Adams (1811-12)

Religion: Unitarian

Education: Graduated from Harvard College (1787)

Occupation: Lawyer

Political Party: Democratic-Republican

Other Government Positions:

Secretary to U.S. Minister to Russia, 1781

Minister to the Netherlands, 1794

Minister to Prussia, 1797-1801

United States Senator, 1803-08

Minister to Russia, 1809-11

Peace Commissioner at Treaty of Ghent, 1814

Secretary of State, 1817-25 (under Monroe)

Monroe) Member of U.S. House of Representatives, 1831-48

Presidential Salary: $25,000/year

Vice President: John C. Calhoun (1825-29)

Cabinet:

Secretary of State Henry Clay (1825-1829) Secretary of the Treasury Richard Rush (1825-29) Secretary of War James Barbour (1825-28) Peter B. Porter (1828) Attorney General William Wirt (1825-29) Secretary of the Navy Samuel L. Southard (1825-29)

Supreme Court Appointments:

Associate Justice Robert Trimble (1826-28)

Notable Events:

1825 The appointment of Henry Clay as secretary of state, led to charges that the Clay and Adams made a bargain in the election of 1824. Erie Canal completed.

1828 Baltimore & Ohio railroad, the first designed for passengers and freight. Andrew Jackson defeated Adams.



Internet Biographies:

Historical Documents:

Other Internet Resources:

Adams National Historical Site The birthplace of John Quincy Adams and other notable Americans. From the National Park Service. AMISTAD Revolt – An Historical Legacy of Sierra Leone and the United States Description of important events and people in the capture and trial of African slaves from the ship Amistad. Ex-President Adams went before the Supreme Court as leader of the defense on behalf of the African captives. Website also offers media and some historical texts.

Points of Interest:

President Adams regularly swam nude in the Potomac River. Anne Royall, the first American professional journalist, knew of Adams’ 5 A.M. swims. After being refused interviews with the president time after time, she went to the river, gathered his clothes and sat on them until she had her interview. Before this, no female had interviewed a president.

Adams was the first to be elected president without receiving either the most popular votes or the most votes of the electoral college.

He was the first president married abroad.

Adams was the first president to be photographed.

Adams is the only president to be elected to the House after his presidency.

One of his sons, George Washington Adams, died at the age of 28, an apparent suicide.

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