John Quincy Adams was the son of Abigail Adams and U.S. President John Adams. He became the sixth President of the United States - in office from 1825 to 1829.

His last words, spoken on collapsing in the U.S. Senate, 21 February 1848, two days before he died, were:

This, is the last of Earth. I am content.

Source: The Truly Great: A Discourse Appropriate to the Life and Character of John Qunicey Adams, Edwin Chapin, 1848.