6th President John Quincy Adams

1767 - 1848  (80 years)    Has more than 100 ancestors and 34 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	John Quincy Adams  [1]
  Prefix	6th President
  Birth	11 Jul 1767	Braintree, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Prominent People	1825
  US President
  Death	23 Feb 1848	Speaker's Room, Congress, Washington, District of Columbia, USA   [1]
  Burial	Quincy, Norfolk Co. Massachusetts
  Siblings	4 Siblings
  1. Abigail Adams,   b. 14 Jul 1765, Quincy, Norfolk Co. Massachusetts d. 10 Jun 1816, Lebanon, New York, USA  (Age 50 years) ▻ William Stephens Smith,  m. 12 Jun 1786 + 2. 6th President John Quincy Adams,   b. 11 Jul 1767, Braintree, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA d. 23 Feb 1848, Speaker's Room, Congress, Washington, District of Columbia, USA  (Age 80 years) ▻ Louisa Catherine Johnson,  m. 26 Jul 1797   3. Susanna Adams,   b. 28 Dec 1768, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA d. 4 Feb 1770, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA  (Age 1 year) + 4. Charles Adams,   b. 29 May 1770, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA d. 30 Nov 1800, New York, New York, USA  (Age 30 years) ▻ Sarah Smith,  m. 29 Aug 1795 + 5. Thomas Boylston Adams,   b. 15 Sep 1772, Quincy, Norfolk Co. Massachusetts d. 13 Mar 1832  (Age 59 years) ▻ Ann Harrod,  m. 16 May 1805
  Person ID	I74737	Geneagraphie
  Links To	This person is also John Quincy Adams at Wikipedia
  Last Modified	6 Feb 2001

  
  

  Father	2nd President John Adams,   b. 30 Oct 1735, Quincy, Norfolk Co. Massachusetts d. 4 Jul 1826, Quincy, Norfolk Co. Massachusetts (Age 90 years)
  Mother	Abigail Smith,   b. 22 Nov 1744, Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA d. 28 Oct 1818, Quincy, Norfolk Co. Massachusetts (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	25 Oct 1764	Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
  Family ID	F30382	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Louisa Catherine Johnson,   b. 12 Feb 1775, London, Middlesex, England d. 15 May 1852, Washington, District of Columbia, USA (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	26 Jul 1797	London, Middlesex, England   [1]
  Children	1. George Washington Adams,   b. 12 Apr 1801, Berlin, Brandenburg, Deutschland d. 30 Apr 1829, at sea off Long Island, NY (Age 28 years) + 2. John II Adams,   b. 4 Jul 1803, Washington, District of Columbia, USA d. 23 Oct 1834, Washington, District of Columbia, USA (Age 31 years)   3. NN Adams,   b. 1806, Washington d. Yes, date unknown + 4. Charles Francis Adams,   b. 18 Aug 1807, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA d. 21 Nov 1886, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA (Age 79 years)   5. Louisa Catherine Adams,   b. 12 Aug 1811, St. Petersburg, Rossiya d. 15 Sep 1812, St. Petersburg, Rossiya (Age 1 year)
  Family ID	F30384	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2000

  
  

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  - US President No. 6 Was elected in 1824 by a popular vote of 108,740 and an electoral vote of 84. Andrew Jackson - his successor - hat garnerd 153,544 popular and 99 electoral votes. However, no candidate had a majority, and election was decided in the House of Representatives. During his single term 1825-1829 John C. Calhoun served as his vice-president. Was elected in 1830 as Representative for Massachusetts ans served 17 years in Congress. 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. After graduating from Harvard College, he became a lawyer. At age 26 he was appointed Minister to the Netherlands, then promoted to the Berlin Legation. In 1802 he was elected to the United States Senate. Six years later President Madison appointed him Minister to Russia. Serving under President Monroe, Adams was one of America's great Secretaries of State, arranging with England for the joint occupation of the Oregon country, obtaining from Spain the cession of the Floridas, and formulating with the President the Monroe Doctrine. In the political tradition of the early 19th century, Adams as Secretary of State was considered the political heir to the Presidency. But the old ways of choosing a President were giving way in 1824 before the clamor for a popular choice. Within the one and only party--the Republican--sectionalism and factionalism were developing, and each section put up its own candidate for the Presidency. Adams, the candidate of the North, fell behind Gen. Andrew Jackson in both popular and electoral votes, but received more than William H. Crawford and Henry Clay. Since no candidate had a majority of electoral votes, the election was decided among the top three by the House of Representatives. Clay, who favored a program similar to that of Adams, threw his crucial support in the House to the New Englander. Upon becoming President, Adams appointed Clay as Secretary of State. Jackson and his angry followers charged that a "corrupt bargain" had taken place and immediately began their campaign to wrest the Presidency from Adams in 1828. Well aware that he would face hostility in Congress, Adams nevertheless proclaimed in his first Annual Message a spectacular national program. He proposed that the Federal Government bring the sections together with a network of highways and canals, and that it develop and conserve the public domain, using funds from the sale of public lands. In 1828, he broke ground for the 185-mile C & 0 Canal. Adams also urged the United States to take a lead in the development of the arts and sciences through the establishment of a national university, the financing of scientific expeditions, and the erection of an observatory. His critics declared such measures transcended constitutional limitations. The campaign of 1828, in which his Jacksonian opponents charged him with corruption and public plunder, was an ordeal Adams did not easily bear. After his defeat he returned to Massachusetts, expecting to spend the remainder of his life enjoying his farm and his books. Unexpectedly, in 1830, the Plymouth district elected him to the House of Representatives, and there for the remainder of his life he served as a powerful leader. Above all, he fought against circumscription of civil liberties. In 1836 southern Congressmen passed a "gag rule" providing that the House automatically table petitions against slavery. Adams tirelessly fought the rule for eight years until finally he obtained its repeal. In 1848, he collapsed on the floor of the House from a stroke and was carried to the Speaker's Room, where two days later he died. He was buried--as were his father, mother, and wife--at First Parish Church in Quincy. To the end, "Old Man Eloquent" had fought for what he considered right.

  
  

• Sources

  [S32] Brian Tompsett, Presidents Database: Genealogy of the US Presidents, (based on book "The Presidents", pub. by Funk & Wagnall's).