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John Quincy Adams
John Quincy Adams was the sixth president of the United States, serving from 1825 to 1829. He previously served as the eighth United States secretary of state from 1817 to 1825; minister to Great Britain, Prussia, and Russia; and senator for Massachusetts. After his presidency, Adams uniquely returned to Congress as a member of the lower house until his death in 1848. He was the eldest son of John…
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Born 11 July 1767 · Died 23 February 1848 · Q11816
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2026· 22 entries
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The Economic Times: Quote of the Day by Ex-US President John Adams: ‘I must judge for myself, but how can I judge, how can any
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Know Your Meme: French nobility as soon as John Adams arrived in Paris in 1778 | History Memes
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thelansingjournal.org: Thornton historical society to host actor Terry Lynch for ‘John Adams: A Lawyer in Adversity’
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Knoxville News Sentinel: Curt Cignetti learned from Johnny Majors at Pitt. Potential for Tennessee? | Adams
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Yahoo: KETK celebrates Chief Meteorologist John Adams after 50 years of service
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CBS News: John Adams Academy in Sterling Ranch will be first in Colorado to use drones for security
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WSBT: John Adams High School mourns loss of teacher
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The Guardian: Kazuki conducts Harmonium review – John Adams’ wild ride centres an elegant showcase of US composers
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Public attention spiked: 11,905 Wikipedia readers in one day, 4.1× the usual 2,903, with 2 article edits. Coverage that week: “Kazuki conducts Harmonium review – John Adams’ wild ride centres an elegant showcase of US composers” (The Guardian).
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2025· 3 entries
Yahoo: New John Quincy Adams Park is finished in Quincy Center. When it'll be unveiled
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insider.si.edu: John Quincy Adams and the foundations of American foreign policy
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2024· 1 entry
Yahoo: Book Review: 'John Quincy Adams' gives the sixth president's life the sweep and scope it deserves
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2017· 1 entry
PolitiFact rated the claim “Says John Quincy Adams said, "If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more, you are a leader.” False.
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1870· 1 entry
Charles Francis built the first presidential library in the United States, to honor his father
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1852· 1 entry
His son had his parents re-interred in the expanded family crypt in the United First Parish Church across the street, next to John and Abigail
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1848· 4 entries
Died 1848-02-23.
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The House of Representatives was discussing the matter of honoring United States Army officers who served in the Mexican–American War
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“Idleness is sweet, and its consequences are cruel.”
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“Posterity! You will never know how much it has cost my generation to preserve your freedom. I hope you will make good use of it.”
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1847· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States representative (1847–1848).
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1846· 1 entry
The 78-year-old former president suffered a stroke that left him partially paralyzed
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1845· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States representative (1845–1847).
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1844· 1 entry
But, to Adams's surprise and relief, the Senate rejected the treaty
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1843· 2 entries
Adams sat for the earliest confirmed photograph of a United States president, although others maintain that William Henry Harrison had posed even earlier for his portrait, in 1841
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Career landmark: United States representative (1843–1845).
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1841· 3 entries
At the request of Lewis Tappan and Ellis Gray Loring, Adams joined the case of United States v
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Career landmark: United States representative (1841–1843).
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The 73-year-old Adams successfully defended enslaved mutineers in the Amistad case before the Supreme Court
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1839· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States representative (1839–1841).
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1837· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States representative (1837–1839).
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1836· 1 entry
Partially in response to Adams's consistent presentation of citizen petitions requesting the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia, the U
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1835· 3 entries
Career landmark: United States representative (1835–1837).
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By a coalition of Anti-Masons and National Republicans, but his support for Jackson in a minor foreign policy matter annoyed National Republican leaders enough that they dropped their support for his candidacy
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President Andrew Jackson informed Congress of the bequest, which amounted to about US$500,000 (equivalent to US$16 million in 2024)
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1833· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States representative (1833–1835).
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1831· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States representative (1831–1833).
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1829· 2 entries
After going overboard on a steamboat; it is not clear whether he fell or purposely jumped from the boat
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British scientist James Smithson died, and he left his fortune for the "increase and diffusion of knowledge"
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1828· 2 entries
Campaign: 1828 presidential election.
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With Van Buren bringing along many of Crawford's supporters
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1827· 1 entry
Devised a tariff bill designed to appeal to Western states while instituting high rates on imported materials important to the economy of New England
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1825· 6 entries
Becoming the first son of a former United States president to himself become president, a feat only repeated 176 years later by George W
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Adams won the contingent election on the first ballot, taking 13 of the 24 state delegations
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Career landmark: President of the United States (1825–1829).
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Britain banned United States trade with the British West Indies, dealing a blow to Adams's prestige
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Jackson accepted the presidential nomination of the Tennessee legislature for the 1828 election
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Career landmark: President-elect of the United States (1825–1825).
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1824· 3 entries
Election won: 1824 presidential election.
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The Monroe administration would strengthen US claims to Oregon by ratifying the Russo-American Treaty of 1824, which established Russian Alaska's southern border at 54°40′ north
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Campaign: 1824 presidential election.
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1823· 2 entries
But United States leaders continued to seek an end to Britain's protective Imperial Preference system
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British Foreign Secretary George Canning suggested that the United States and Britain should work together to preserve the independence of these fledgling republics
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1822· 1 entry
Following the conclusion of the Adams–Onís Treaty, the Monroe administration recognized the independence of several Latin American countries, including Argentina and Mexico
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1819· 1 entry
Which transferred Spanish Florida to the United States
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1817· 3 entries
The two countries agreed to the Rush–Bagot Treaty, which limited naval armaments on the Great Lakes
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President James Monroe selected Adams as his secretary of state
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Career landmark: United States Secretary of State (1817–1825).
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1815· 1 entry
But that agreement excluded British possessions in the Western Hemisphere
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1814· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom (1814–1817).
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1809· 2 entries
President James Madison, a member of Jefferson's Democratic-Republican Party, appointed Adams as the U
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Argued before the Supreme Court of the United States in Fletcher v
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1807· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States senator (1807–1808).
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1805· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States senator (1805–1807).
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1803· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States senator (1803–1805).
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1801· 3 entries
They named their first son George Washington Adams (1801–1829) after the first president.
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His letters about the Prussian region of Silesia were published in a book titled Letters on Silesia
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By the new president Thomas Jefferson, Federalist leaders in Massachusetts arranged for Adams's election to the United States Senate in 1802
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1797· 1 entry
Awarded Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1797).
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1767· 1 entry
Born 1767-07-11.
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