John Quincy Adams , the sixth president of the United States, was born on July 11, 1767 at Braintree, Massachusetts Bay (now Quincy, Massachusetts, U.S.). He was named for his mother's maternal grandfather, Colonel John Quincy, after whom Quincy, Massachusetts, is named.
He was the son of the first Vice President, and second President, of the United States, President John Adams and Abigail Adams.
John Quincy Adams did not attend school, but was tutored by his cousin James Thax and his father's law clerk, Nathan Rice.
Adams entered Harvard as a Junior. He graduated second in his class in 1787.
When Adams' father became president, he appointed his son in 1797 as Minister to Prussia at George Washington's urging. There Adams signed the renewal of the very liberal Prussian-American Treaty of Amity and Commerce after negotiations with Prussian Foreign Minister Count Karl-Wilhelm Finck von Finckenstein. He served at that post until 1801.
Adams' skills as a diplomat set many historic precedents, including bringing an end to the War of 1812 with the Treaty of Ghent and closing off Latin America to Portuguese and Spanish colonization with the Monroe Doctrine.
While serving abroad, Adams married Louisa Catherine Johnson, the daughter of a poor American merchant, in a ceremony at the church of All Hallows-by-the-Tower, London on July 26, 1797.
Adams remains the only president to have married a First Lady born outside of the United States.
Every day Adams read two to five chapters of the Bible in the original Hebrew and Greek and drew strength from them.
The first opinion poll was held in 1824 to predict a US presidential election. It said Andrew Jackson would beat John Quincy Adams. It was wrong; after no presidential candidate received a majority of electoral votes, the United States House of Representatives elected John Quincy Adams president on February 9, 1825.
Adams was the sixth President of the United States serving between 1825–1829.
John Quincy Adams was the first U.S. President to wear trousers instead of knee breeches at his inauguration.
John Quincy Adams and Teddy Roosevelt are the only two US Presidents that did not use a Bible at their swearing-in ceremonies.
John Quincy Adams was partial to skinny-dipping early every morning in the Potomac River. After being refused an interview, journalist Anne Royall went to the river one morning, took his clothes and sat on them until she got her interview. She was the first woman to interview a president.
While president, Adams almost drowned in the Potomac when one of his swimming expeditions went awry. He continued to swim afterward, anyway, against his physician's advice.
The Marquis de Lafayette gave John Quincy Adams a pet alligator. The alligator lived in the White House for several months. Adams kept the alligator in his bath and liked to scare visitors with it.
He was the son of the first Vice President, and second President, of the United States, President John Adams and Abigail Adams.
John Quincy Adams did not attend school, but was tutored by his cousin James Thax and his father's law clerk, Nathan Rice.
Adams entered Harvard as a Junior. He graduated second in his class in 1787.
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| John Quincy Adams - Age 29 |
When Adams' father became president, he appointed his son in 1797 as Minister to Prussia at George Washington's urging. There Adams signed the renewal of the very liberal Prussian-American Treaty of Amity and Commerce after negotiations with Prussian Foreign Minister Count Karl-Wilhelm Finck von Finckenstein. He served at that post until 1801.
Adams' skills as a diplomat set many historic precedents, including bringing an end to the War of 1812 with the Treaty of Ghent and closing off Latin America to Portuguese and Spanish colonization with the Monroe Doctrine.
While serving abroad, Adams married Louisa Catherine Johnson, the daughter of a poor American merchant, in a ceremony at the church of All Hallows-by-the-Tower, London on July 26, 1797.
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| Gilbert Stuart Portrait of Louisa Catherine Johnson |
Adams remains the only president to have married a First Lady born outside of the United States.
Every day Adams read two to five chapters of the Bible in the original Hebrew and Greek and drew strength from them.
The first opinion poll was held in 1824 to predict a US presidential election. It said Andrew Jackson would beat John Quincy Adams. It was wrong; after no presidential candidate received a majority of electoral votes, the United States House of Representatives elected John Quincy Adams president on February 9, 1825.
Adams was the sixth President of the United States serving between 1825–1829.
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| John Quincy Adams in a posthumous portrait created in 1858 by G.P.A. Healy.[ |
John Quincy Adams was the first U.S. President to wear trousers instead of knee breeches at his inauguration.
John Quincy Adams and Teddy Roosevelt are the only two US Presidents that did not use a Bible at their swearing-in ceremonies.
John Quincy Adams was partial to skinny-dipping early every morning in the Potomac River. After being refused an interview, journalist Anne Royall went to the river one morning, took his clothes and sat on them until she got her interview. She was the first woman to interview a president.
While president, Adams almost drowned in the Potomac when one of his swimming expeditions went awry. He continued to swim afterward, anyway, against his physician's advice.
The Marquis de Lafayette gave John Quincy Adams a pet alligator. The alligator lived in the White House for several months. Adams kept the alligator in his bath and liked to scare visitors with it.
John Quincy Adams was known for his dislike of small talk. He preferred to have conversations that were meaningful and productive. He once said, "I hate small talk, and I am not very good at it."
Adams was the only President to be elected to the US House of Representatives after serving as president. He was elected in 1830 and served there 17 years.
When Congress imposed a gag rule in 1836 to suppress debate about slavery, John Quincy Adams refused to comply, risking censure and spending the next eight years introducing thousands of antislavery petitions until the rule was repealed.
Adams died on February 23, 1848. Two days previously, he'd had a stroke on the floor of the US House. Adams was carried to Speaker’s Room where he passed away.
John and John Quincy Adams are buried together in a basement crypt in Quincy, Massachusetts.
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Adams was the only President to be elected to the US House of Representatives after serving as president. He was elected in 1830 and served there 17 years.
When Congress imposed a gag rule in 1836 to suppress debate about slavery, John Quincy Adams refused to comply, risking censure and spending the next eight years introducing thousands of antislavery petitions until the rule was repealed.
Adams died on February 23, 1848. Two days previously, he'd had a stroke on the floor of the US House. Adams was carried to Speaker’s Room where he passed away.
John and John Quincy Adams are buried together in a basement crypt in Quincy, Massachusetts.
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