John Quincy Adams [6th]
(March 4, 1825 to March 3, 1829)
Nickname: "Old Man Eloquent" Born: July 11, 1767, in Braintree, Massachusetts Died: February 23, 1848, in Washington, D.C. Buried: Braintree (now Quincy), Massachusetts Father:John Adams [2nd] 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 Military: 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)
Member of U.S. House of Representatives, 1831-48
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John Quincy Adams [6th]