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John Quincy Adams
Sixth U.S. President

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March 4, 1825 - March 3, 1829

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John C. Calhoun

FIRST LADY
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Louisa Adams
starbar.gif (1814 bytes) BORN:  July 11, 1767

               Braintree, Massachusetts
CHILDREN:  3 Sons, 1 Daughter  (One son named George Washington Adams)
PROFESSION:  Attorney
POLITICAL PARTY:  Democratic-Republican
HOME STATE:  Massachusetts
POLITICAL OFFICES:  Foreign Diplomat, U. S. Senator, Secretary of State
Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives AFTER his Presidency.
     Son of John Adams, our Second President.
NICKNAME:  "Old Man Eloquent"
DIED:  February 23, 1848  (Age - 80) - Two days after collapsing on the floor of the House of Representatives where he was serving as a Congressman.
LAST WORDS:  "Thank the officers of the House (of Representatives).  This is the last of earth.  I am content."

               BURIED:  First Parish Church, Quincy, Massachusetts
"I am a man of reserved, cold, and forbidding manners." 
            John Quincy Adams describing himself.

 

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