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| | + | |name=John Quincy Adams |
| | |image=JohnQuincyAdams1819.jpeg | | |image=JohnQuincyAdams1819.jpeg |
| − | |seq=6 | + | |party=Whig<br/>Federalist (before 1808)<br/>Democratic-Republican (1808–1830)<br/>National Republican (1830–1834)<br/>Anti-Masonic (1834-1838) |
| − | |term_start=March 4, 1825
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| − | |term_end=March 4, 1829<ref>http://www.trivia-library.com/a/6th-us-president-john-quincy-adams.htm</ref>
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| − | |party=Democratic-Republican
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| − | |vp=John C. Calhoun
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| − | |previous=James Monroe
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| − | |next=Andrew Jackson
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| − | |birth_date=July 11, 1767
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| − | |birth_place=Quincy, Massachusetts
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| − | |death_date=February 23, 1848
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| − | |death_place=Washington, D.C.
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| | |spouse=Louisa Catherine Johnson | | |spouse=Louisa Catherine Johnson |
| − | |spouse2= | + | |religion= Unitarianism |
| − | |religion=[[Unitarian]] | + | |offices= |
| | + | {{Officeholder/president |
| | + | |country=the United States |
| | + | |number=6th |
| | + | |terms=March 4, 1825 - March 4, 1829<ref>http://www.trivia-library.com/a/6th-us-president-john-quincy-adams.htm</ref> |
| | + | |vp=[[John C. Calhoun]] |
| | + | |preceded=[[James Monroe]] |
| | + | |former=y |
| | + | |succeeded=[[Andrew Jackson]] |
| | + | }} |
| | + | {{Officeholder/representative |
| | + | |state=Massachusetts |
| | + | |district=8th |
| | + | |terms=March 4, 1843 – February 23, 1848 |
| | + | |preceded=William Calhoun |
| | + | |former=y |
| | + | |succeeded=Horace Mann |
| | + | }} |
| | + | {{Officeholder/representative |
| | + | |state=Massachusetts |
| | + | |district=12th |
| | + | |terms=March 4, 1833 – March 4, 1843 |
| | + | |preceded=James Hodges |
| | + | |former=y |
| | + | |succeeded=George Robinson |
| | + | }} |
| | + | {{Officeholder/representative |
| | + | |state=Massachusetts |
| | + | |district=11th |
| | + | |terms=March 4, 1831 – March 4, 1833 |
| | + | |preceded=Joseph Richardson |
| | + | |former=y |
| | + | |succeeded=John Reed |
| | + | }} |
| | + | {{Officeholder/secretary (cabinet) |
| | + | |of=State |
| | + | |number=8th |
| | + | |deputy=n |
| | + | |president=[[James Monroe]] |
| | + | |terms=September 22, 1817 – March 4, 1825 |
| | + | |preceded=[[James Monroe]] |
| | + | |former=y |
| | + | |succeeded=[[Henry Clay]] |
| | + | }} |
| | + | {{Officeholder/ambassador |
| | + | |for=United States |
| | + | |to=Court of St. James's |
| | + | |president=[[James Madison]] |
| | + | |terms=April 28, 1814 – September 22, 1817 |
| | + | |preceded=Jonathan Russell |
| | + | |former=y |
| | + | |succeeded=Richard Rush |
| | + | }} |
| | + | {{Officeholder/ambassador |
| | + | |for=United States |
| | + | |to=Russia |
| | + | |president=[[James Madison]] |
| | + | |terms=November 5, 1809 – April 28, 1814 |
| | + | |preceded=William Short |
| | + | |former=y |
| | + | |succeeded=James Bayard |
| | + | }} |
| | + | {{Officeholder/senator |
| | + | |state=Massachusetts |
| | + | |terms=March 4, 1803 – June 8, 1808 |
| | + | |preceded=Jonathan Mason |
| | + | |former=y |
| | + | |succeeded=James Lloyd |
| | + | }} |
| | + | {{Officeholder/ambassador |
| | + | |for=United States |
| | + | |to=Prussia |
| | + | |president=[[John Adams]] |
| | + | |terms=December 5, 1797 – May 5, 1801 |
| | + | |preceded=(none) |
| | + | |former=y |
| | + | |succeeded=Henry Wheaton |
| | + | }} |
| | + | {{Officeholder/ambassador |
| | + | |for=United States |
| | + | |to=the Netherlands |
| | + | |president=[[George Washington]] |
| | + | |terms=November 6, 1794 – June 20, 1797 |
| | + | |preceded=William Short |
| | + | |former=y |
| | + | |succeeded=William Vans Murray |
| | + | }} |
| | }} | | }} |
| | '''John Quincy Adams''' (b. July 11, 1767, d. February 23, 1848) was the 6th [[President of the United States of America]] and the son of American Founding Father [[John Adams]]. He served one term as President (1825–1829) and then returned to [[Congress]] where he spent the remainder of his political career fighting [[slavery]] as a moral evil. He was the son of President [[John Adams]] and [[Abigail Adams]]. A precocious teenager who aided his father in diplomatic missions, at 26 he was appointed minister<ref>The title "ambassador" came into use much later.</ref> to [[the Netherlands]] by President [[George Washington]], then promoted to the Berlin Legation. In 1802 Adams was elected to the US [[Senate]] and in 1808 he became the first U.S. Minister of [[Russia]]. Adams served as one of the great secretaries of state under President [[James Monroe]], arranging with [[Britain]] for the joint occupation of the [[Oregon]] Country, obtaining from [[Spain]] the cessation of the [[Florida]]s, and helping to formulate the Monroe Doctrine. He returned to Congress and became an outspoken opponent of slavery. Deeply troubled by slavery, Adams correctly predicted the dissolution of the Union on the issue, but was incorrect in predicting a series of bloody slave insurrections. | | '''John Quincy Adams''' (b. July 11, 1767, d. February 23, 1848) was the 6th [[President of the United States of America]] and the son of American Founding Father [[John Adams]]. He served one term as President (1825–1829) and then returned to [[Congress]] where he spent the remainder of his political career fighting [[slavery]] as a moral evil. He was the son of President [[John Adams]] and [[Abigail Adams]]. A precocious teenager who aided his father in diplomatic missions, at 26 he was appointed minister<ref>The title "ambassador" came into use much later.</ref> to [[the Netherlands]] by President [[George Washington]], then promoted to the Berlin Legation. In 1802 Adams was elected to the US [[Senate]] and in 1808 he became the first U.S. Minister of [[Russia]]. Adams served as one of the great secretaries of state under President [[James Monroe]], arranging with [[Britain]] for the joint occupation of the [[Oregon]] Country, obtaining from [[Spain]] the cessation of the [[Florida]]s, and helping to formulate the Monroe Doctrine. He returned to Congress and became an outspoken opponent of slavery. Deeply troubled by slavery, Adams correctly predicted the dissolution of the Union on the issue, but was incorrect in predicting a series of bloody slave insurrections. |