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 * John Quincy Adams**


 * 6th President of the United States**
 * [[image:JQAdams.jpg width="72" height="87" align="left"]]

[|John Quincy Adams]** - Vice President: John C. Calhoun Party: Federalist, Democratic-Republican, National Republican, Whig Term: 1825-1829 Born: 7-11-1767 in Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts Died: 2-23-1848 Married to: Louisa Catherine Johnson

John Quincy Adams was born on February 23, 1848 in Braintree, Massachusetts. He was president from 1825 to 1829. He was the 6th president and was president for 4 years. Young Adams grew up as a child of the American Revolution which began when he was 7 years old. He went to school at Harvard University and graduated in 1787. His wife's name was Lousia Catherine Johnson. His children were George Washington, Charles Francis, and Lousia Catherine Adams. Before he was president he was a lawyer. He was a minister to the Netherlands. He was appointed a minister to Russia. He became minister to the Great Britian. Adams became the first congressman to assert the right of the goverment to free slaves during the time of the war.After he was president he became a member of the U.S. House of Representatives. On February 23,1848 he suffered from a stroke and then died. He was the first president who had a father who was also a president. John Quincy Adams was the first president to have his photograph taken.

E.A. - third grade

Since Andrew Jackson had won the popular vote and Adams had won the states' votes of this election, it was given to the Congress to decide who would become president. He made a deal with Henry Clay, another person running for president, that if he gave Clay the job of Secretary of State, Clay would give him his support for president. As a result, Adams won the vote, but he couldn't do much during his presidency because most of Congress supported Jackson and turned down many of his ideas.