Presidents of the United States of America
6 - John Quincy Adams
Personal Statistics:
Birth Date: July 11, 1767
Birthplace: Braintree (now Quincy), Massachusetts
Father: John Adams (1735-1826)
Mother: Abigail Smith (1744-1818)
Height at Prime: 5 feet 7 inches
Physical Description: Dark eyes, completely bald when president, had a high, shrill voice, dressed plainly
Religion: Unitarian branch of congregationalism
Wife: Louisa Catherine Johnson (February 12, 1775 – May 15, 1852)
Marriage Date: July 26, 1797
Marriage Place: All Hallows Barking parish, London, England
Children:
-- George Washington Adams (April 12, 1801 – April 30, 1829)
-- John Adams II (July 4, 1803 – October 23, 1834)
-- Charles Francis Adams (August 18, 1807 – November 21, 1886)
-- Louisa Catherine Adams (1811 – 1812)
Death Date: February 23, 1848
Place of Death: U.S. Capital Building, Washington, District of Columbia
Final Words: “I am content†or “I am composedâ€
Burial Place: United First Parish Church, Quincy, Massachusetts
Professional Statistics:
Minister to the Netherlands (1794-1797)
Minister to Prussia (1797-1801)
Massachusetts State Senator (1802)
U.S. Senator (Federalist-Massachusetts) (1803-1808)
Minister to Russia (1809-1814)
Chief Negotiator of Treaty of Ghent (1814)
Minister to Great Britain (1815-1817)
Secretary of State (1817-1825)
6th President of the United States (1825-1829)
His Vice President: John C. Calhoun (1825-1829)
Events During Presidency:
Endorsed the Federal Improvements Bill
Panama Congress (1826)
Tariff of Abominations (1828)