Sixth President John Quincy Adams is born in Braintree, now Quincy, Massachusetts. His father, John Adams, successfully lobbied for the Declaration of Independence in the Continental Congress and served as President from 1797 to 1801. John Quincy Adams became one of America's greatest diplomats both as Secretary of State and as chief executive from 1825 to 1829.
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