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John Adams

The Sixth President • 1825-1829

John Quincy Adams

“Born to Lead”


Biographical Facts

Birth: Quincy, Massachusetts, July 11, 1767

Ancestry: English

Father: John Adams
Birth: Quincy, Massachusetts, October 30, 1735
Death: Quincy, Massachusetts, July 4, 1826
Occupations: Lawyer; Statesman; U.S. Vice President; U.S. President

Mother: Abigail Smith Adams
Birth: Weymouth, Massachusetts, November 22, 1744
Death: Quincy, Massachusetts, October 28, 1818

Brothers: Charles Adams (1770-1800); Thomas Boylston Adams (1772-1832)

Sisters: Abigail Amelia Adams (1765-1813); Susanna Adams (1768-1770)

Marriage: London, England, July 26, 1797
Wife: Louisa Catherine Johnson
Birth: London, England, February 12, 1775
Death: Washington, D.C., May 14, 1852
Children: George Washington Adams (1801-1829); John Adams (1803-1834); Charles Francis Adams (1807-1886); Louisa Catherine Adams (1811-1812)

Religious Affiliation: Unitarian

Education: Studied in Paris, Amsterdam, Leyden and The Hague; Harvard (B.A., 1787); studied law with Theophilius Parsons (1788-1790)

Occupations Before Presidency: Lawyer; Professor

Prepresidential Offices: Minister to the Netherlands; Minister to Prussia; Member of Massachusetts Senate; U.S. Senator; Minister to Russia; Minister to Great Britain; Secretary of State

Inauguration Age: 57

Occupations After Presidency: Congressman; Writer

Death: Washington, D.C., February 23, 1848

Place of Burial: First Unitarian Church, Quincy, Mass.



 
First Administration

Inauguration: March 4, 1825; House of Representatives, Washington, D.C.

Vice President: John C. Calhoun

Secretary of State: Henry Clay

Secretary of the Treasury: Richard Rush

Secretary of War: James Barbour; Peter Buell Porter (from June 21, 1828)

Attorney General: William Wirt

Postmaster General: John McLean

Secretary of the Navy: Samuel Lewis Southard

Supreme Court Appointment: Robert Trimble (1826)

Congress #19 (December 5, 1825-March 3, 1827):
Senate: 26 Jacksonians; 22 Administration
House: 105 Administration; 97 Jacksonians

Congress #20 (December 3, 1827-March 3, 1829):
Senate: 27 Jacksonians ; 21 Administration
House: 119 Jacksonians; 94 Administration


Election of 1824
(Although Jackson received more votes than Adams, no candidate had the majority, so the election was submitted to the House of Representatives, which chose Adams)
CandidatesElectoral Vote Popular Vote
Andrew Jackson
(Democratic-Republican)
99 153,544
John Quincy Adams
(Democratic-Republican)
84 108,740
William H. Crawford
(Democratic-Republican)
41 46,618
Henry Clay
(Democratic-Republican)
37 47,136



 
 

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