John Quincy Adams - wikipedia John Quincy Adams This is the latest accepted revision , reviewed on 25 January 2018 . Jump to : navigation , search For his grandson with the same name , see John Quincy Adams II . `` Quincy Adams '' redirects here . For the rapid transit train station in Quincy , Massachusetts , see Quincy Adams ( MBTA station ) . `` JQA '' redirects here . For other uses , see JQA ( disambiguation ) . John Quincy Adams 6th President of the United States In office March 4 , 1825 -- March 4 , 1829 Vice President John C. Calhoun Preceded by James Monroe Succeeded by Andrew Jackson Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts 's 8th district In office March 4 , 1843 -- February 23 , 1848 Preceded by William B. Calhoun Succeeded by Horace Mann Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts 's 12th district In office March 4 , 1833 -- March 3 , 1843 Preceded by James L. Hodges Succeeded by George D. Robinson Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts 's 11th district In office March 4 , 1831 -- March 3 , 1833 Preceded by Joseph Richardson Succeeded by John Reed Jr . 8th United States Secretary of State In office September 22 , 1817 -- March 4 , 1825 President James Monroe Preceded by James Monroe Succeeded by Henry Clay United States Envoy to the United Kingdom In office June 8 , 1815 -- May 14 , 1817 President James Madison James Monroe Preceded by Jonathan Russell ( 1812 ) Succeeded by Richard Rush United States Minister to Russia In office November 5 , 1809 -- April 28 , 1814 President James Madison Preceded by William Short Succeeded by James A. Bayard United States Senator from Massachusetts In office March 4 , 1803 -- June 8 , 1808 Preceded by Jonathan Mason Succeeded by James Lloyd United States Minister to Prussia In office December 5 , 1797 -- May 5 , 1801 President John Adams Thomas Jefferson Preceded by Position established Succeeded by Henry Wheaton ( 1835 ) United States Minister to the Netherlands In office November 6 , 1794 -- June 20 , 1797 President George Washington John Adams Preceded by William Short Succeeded by William Vans Murray Personal details ( 1767 - 07 - 11 ) July 11 , 1767 Braintree , Province of Massachusetts Bay , British America ( now Quincy , Massachusetts , U.S. ) February 23 , 1848 ( 1848 - 02 - 23 ) ( aged 80 ) Washington , D.C. , U.S. Resting place United First Parish Church Nationality American Political party Federalist ( 1792 -- 1808 ) Democratic - Republican ( 1808 -- 1830 ) National Republican ( 1830 -- 1833 ) Anti-Masonic ( 1833 -- 1838 ) Whig ( 1838 -- 1848 ) Spouse ( s ) Louisa Johnson ( m . 1797 ) Children 4 , including George , John , and Charles Parents John Adams ( 1735 - 1826 ) Abigail Smith Relatives See Adams political family and Quincy political family Education Harvard University ( BA , MA ) Signature John Quincy Adams ( / ˈkwɪnzi / ( listen ) ; July 11 , 1767 -- February 23 , 1848 ) was an American statesman who served as a diplomat , minister and ambassador to foreign nations , and treaty negotiator , United States Senator , U.S. Representative ( Congressman ) from Massachusetts , and the sixth President of the United States from 1825 to 1829 . He was a member of the Federalists like his famous influential father , but later switched to the Jeffersonian Democratic - Republican , National Republican , and later the Anti-Masonic and Whig parties when they were organized . He was the son of second President John Adams ( 1735 - 1826 , served 1797 - 1801 ) , and his wife , Abigail Adams . Adams shaped early American foreign policy using his ardently nationalist commitment to U.S. republican values . As a diplomat , Adams played an important role in negotiating key treaties , most notably the Treaty of Ghent , which ended the War of 1812 ( 1812 - 1815 ) . As Secretary of State , he negotiated with Great Britain over the United States ' northern border with Canada from the Great Lakes to the Rocky Mountains in 1818 , negotiated with Spain the Adams -- Onís Treaty which allowed for the annexation and purchase of Florida from the Spanish , and drafted the `` Monroe Doctrine '' , under fifth President James Monroe . Historians generally concur that he was one of the greatest diplomats and secretaries of state in American history . In his biography , Samuel Flagg Bemis argues that Adams was able to `` gather together , formulate , and practice the fundamentals of American foreign - policy -- self - determination , independence , noncolonization , nonintervention , nonentanglement in European politics , Freedom of the Seas , ( and ) freedom of commerce . '' Adams was elected president in a close and controversial four - way contest in 1824 . As president he sought to modernize the American economy and promote education . Adams enacted a part of his agenda and paid off much of the national debt . However , he was stymied time and again by a Congress controlled by opponents , and his lack of patronage networks helped politicians sabotage him . He lost his 1828 bid for re-election to Andrew Jackson . He has been portrayed by recent historians as an exemplar and moral leader during an era of modernization , when new modes of communication spread messages of religious revival , social reform , and party politics , and improved transportation moved goods , money , and people more rapidly . Historians have generally ranked him as an above - average president . After leaving office , he was elected as U.S. Representative from Massachusetts in 1830 , serving for the last 17 years of his life with greater acclaim than he had achieved as president . Animated by his growing revulsion against slavery , Adams became a leading opponent of the Slave Power . Adams predicted the Union 's dissolution over slavery , and in such a case , felt the president could abolish slavery by using his war powers . Adams also became a critic of the annexation of Texas and the Mexican -- American War , which he saw as an aggressive war for territory . Contents ( hide ) 1 Early life , education , and early career 2 Early political career ( 1796 -- 1817 ) 2.1 Washington and Adams Sr. administrations 2.2 Massachusetts politics 2.3 Harvard professor 2.4 First U.S. minister to Russia 2.5 Minister to the Court of St. James 's 3 U.S. Secretary of State ( 1817 -- 1825 ) 4 1824 presidential election 5 Presidency ( 1825 -- 1829 ) 5.1 Inauguration 5.2 Appointments 5.2. 1 Administration and cabinet 5.2. 2 Judiciary 5.3 Domestic policies 5.4 Foreign policies 5.5 1828 presidential election 5.6 Departure 6 Later congressional career ( 1830 -- 1848 ) 6.1 Slavery 6.2 Advancement of science 6.3 Photography 6.4 Death 7 Personal life 7.1 Personality 8 Legacy 8.1 Film and television 9 See also 10 Pronunciation note 11 References 12 Bibliography 13 Works 14 External links Early life , education , and early career ( edit ) Coat of Arms of John Quincy Adams John Quincy Adams was born on July 11 , 1767 , to John Adams and his wife Abigail ( née Smith ) in a part of Braintree , Massachusetts that is now Quincy . He was named for his mother 's maternal grandfather , Colonel John Quincy , after whom Quincy , Massachusetts , is named . Young Adams was educated by private tutors -- his cousin James Thaxter and his father 's law clerk , Nathan Rice . He soon began to exhibit his literary skills in 1779 , when he initiated a diary which he kept until just before he died in 1848 . The diary comprised an unprecedented fifty volumes , representing one of the most extensive and widely cited collections of first - hand information about the early republic . Much of Adams ' youth was spent accompanying his father overseas . He accompanied his father on diplomatic missions to France from 1778 until 1779 and to the Netherlands from 1780 until 1782 . Adams acquired an education at institutions such as Leiden University . He matriculated in Leiden on January 10 , 1781 . For nearly three years , beginning at the age of 14 , he accompanied Francis Dana as a secretary on a mission to Saint Petersburg , Russia , to obtain recognition of the new United States . He spent time in Finland , Sweden , and Denmark and , in 1804 , published a travel report on Silesia . During these years overseas , Adams became fluent in French and Dutch and became familiar with German and other European languages . Though Adams enjoyed Europe , he and his family decided he needed to return to the United States to complete his education and eventually launch a political career . He entered Harvard College , graduated in 1787 with a Bachelor of Arts degree , and was elected by Phi Beta Kappa . Adams , mainly with the influence of his father , had excelled in classical studies and reached fluency in Latin and Greek . Upon entering Harvard he had already translated Virgil , Horace , Plutarch , and Aristotle and within six months memorized his Greek grammar and translated the New Testament . After graduating from Harvard , he studied law with Theophilus Parsons in Newburyport , Massachusetts from 1787 to 1789 . He earned a Master of Arts from Harvard in 1790 , was admitted to the Massachusetts bar in 1791 , and began practicing law in Boston . Early political career ( 1796 -- 1817 ) ( edit ) Washington and Adams Sr. administrations ( edit ) John Quincy Adams , age 29 Adams initially won national recognition when he published a series of articles supporting Washington 's decision to keep America out of the growing hostilities surrounding the French Revolution . Soon after , George Washington appointed Adams , age 26 , minister to the Netherlands in 1793 . He preferred his quiet life of reading in Massachusetts , but yielded to his father 's persuasion to take it . On his way to the Netherlands , he delivered a set of documents to John Jay , who was negotiating the Jay Treaty ; after spending some time with Jay , Adams wrote home to his father , in support of the emerging treaty , because he thought America should stay out of European affairs . Historian Paul Nagel has noted that this letter ultimately reached Washington , and that parts of it were used by Washington when drafting his farewell address . While going back and forth between The Hague and London , he met and proposed to his future wife , Louisa Catherine Johnson . Though he wanted to return to private life at the end of his appointment , Washington named him minister to Portugal in 1796 , where he was soon assigned to the Berlin Legation . Though his talents were far greater than his desire to serve , he was finally convinced to remain in public service when he learned how highly Washington regarded his abilities . Gilbert Stuart Portrait of Louisa Adams ( 1821 -- 26 ) Washington called Adams `` the most valuable of America 's officials abroad , '' and Nagel believes that it was at this time that Adams came to terms with a future of public service . While abroad , Adams continued to urge neutrality , arguing that the United States would benefit economically by staying out of the ongoing French Revolutionary Wars . He became a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1797 . When the elder Adams became president , he appointed his son in 1797 as Minister to Prussia at Washington 's urging . There Adams signed the renewal of the very liberal Prussian - American Treaty of Amity and Commerce after negotiations with Prussian Foreign Minister Count Karl - Wilhelm Finck von Finckenstein . He served at that post until 1801 , when Thomas Jefferson took office as president . While serving abroad , in 1797 Adams also married Louisa Catherine Johnson , the daughter of a poor American merchant , in a ceremony at the church of All Hallows - by - the - Tower , London . Adams is the first president to marry a first lady born outside of the United States , and this did not recur until President Donald Trump assumed office in 2017 , with Melania Trump as first lady . Massachusetts politics ( edit ) On his return to the United States , Adams was appointed a Commissioner of Monetary Affairs in Boston by a Federal District Judge , but this was rescinded by Thomas Jefferson . He again tried his hand as an attorney , but soon entered politics ; he was elected a member of the Massachusetts State Senate in April 1802 . In November of that same year he ran unsuccessfully as a Federalist for the United States House of Representatives . The Massachusetts state legislature , then referred to as the Massachusetts General Court , in 1803 elected Adams as a Federalist to the U.S. Senate , where he served until 1808 , at which time he broke with the Federalist Party . Adams as a senator had supported the Louisiana Purchase and Jefferson 's Embargo Act , which made him very unpopular with that party . The Federalist - controlled Massachusetts Legislature chose a replacement for Adams on June 3 , 1808 , several months early . On June 8 , Adams renounced his membership in the party , resigned his Senate seat , and became a Republican . Harvard professor ( edit ) While a member of the Senate , Adams also served as a professor of logic at Brown University . Disowned by the Federalists and not fully accepted by the Republicans , he then accepted the Boylston Professorship of Rhetoric and Oratory at Harvard , and used this as a platform ; he assumed this position in 1805 after declining the presidency of Harvard . Adams ' devotion to classical rhetoric shaped his response to public issues . He remained inspired by those rhetorical ideals long after the neo-classicalism and deferential politics of the founding generation were eclipsed by the commercial ethos and mass democracy of the Jacksonian Era . Many of Adams ' idiosyncratic positions were rooted in his abiding devotion to the Ciceronian ideal of the citizen - orator `` speaking well '' to promote the welfare of the polis . He was also influenced by the classical republican ideal of civic eloquence espoused by British philosopher David Hume . Adams adapted these classical republican ideals of public oratory to the American debate , viewing its multilevel political structure as ripe for `` the renaissance of Demosthenic eloquence . '' His Lectures on Rhetoric and Oratory ( 1810 ) looks at the fate of ancient oratory , the necessity of liberty for it to flourish , and its importance as a unifying element for a new nation of diverse cultures and beliefs . Just as civic eloquence failed to gain popularity in Britain , in the United States interest faded in the second decade of the 19th century , as the `` public spheres of heated oratory '' disappeared in favor of the private sphere . First U.S. minister to Russia ( edit ) President James Madison appointed Adams as the first United States Minister to Russia in 1809 . Though Adams had only recently broken with the Federalist Party , his support of Jefferson 's foreign policy had earned him goodwill with the Madison Administration . After resigning his post at Harvard , Adams and his wife Louisa boarded a merchant ship in Boston on Aug. 5 , 1809 . Their youngest son was with them during the long and tedious voyage to St. Petersburg which was temporarily interrupted outside the southern coast of Norway due to the Gunboat War . They were at first boarded by a British officer who examined their papers and then , later that day , by a Norwegian officer who ordered the ship to Christiansand . In Christiansand , Adams discovered thirty - eight U.S. vessels had been detained by the Norwegians and determined to gain the release of both ships and crew as soon as possible . The voyage to St. Petersburg resumed but was once again stopped by a British squadron . Adams showed his commission to Admiral Albermarle Bertie , the commander of the Squadron who recognized Adams as an ambassador . Because of the many delays , the Adamses did not arrive in St. Petersburg until October 23 , 1809 . Count Nikolay Rumyantsev , Chancellor of the empire , formally received Adams , and requested a copy of his credential letter . Romanzoff assured Adams that his appointment pleased him personally . Adams ' presentation to the emperor was postponed , however , because of the temporary indisposition of Alexander I. Rumyantsev immediately invited Adams to a diplomatic dinner which included the French ambassador , Armand Augustin Louis de Caulaincourt , Duke of Vicenza , numerous foreign ministers then at the Russian Court , and many of the nobility . This was the same mansion where Adams had dined in 1781 , as secretary of Francis Dana . Tsar Alexander I received Adams alone in his cabinet where he expressed his pleasure at Adams ' appointment . Adams told Alexander that `` the president of the United States had desired him to express the hope that his mission would be considered as a proof of respect for the person and character of his majesty , as an acknowledgment of the many testimonies of good - will he had already given to the United States , and of a desire to strengthen commercial relations between them and his provinces . '' Alexander replied , that , `` in everything depending on him , he should be happy to contribute to the increase of their friendly relations ; that it was his wish to establish a just system of maritime rights , and that he should adhere invariably to those he had declared . '' After these official diplomatic greetings , Alexander and Adams discussed several other issues such as the policies of the different European powers , trade and commerce , and other mutually beneficial prospects , and that Russia and U.S. could be very useful to each other . Adams urged Rumyantsev to ask Alexander to act on behalf of the United States in securing the release of the American sailors and ships being held by the Danish . The Tsar ordered the Chancellor to request the release of the American property as soon as possible , which the Danish government complied with . Adams spent a great deal of time securing the release of American vessels and seamen from various `` seizures and sequestrations . '' In 1811 , Adams received a commission from the Secretary of State to serve as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States ; he promptly declined and remained in St. Petersburg . In 1812 , Adams witnessed and reported the news of Napoleon 's invasion of Russia and the latter 's disastrous retreat . Also in 1812 , Rumyantsev asked if he should request Alexander to mediate a pacification of hostilities between the United States and Great Britain . The U.S. accepted the offer and in July 1813 , two associates of Adams , Albert Gallatin and James A. Bayard , arrived in St. Petersburg to begin negotiations under mediation by Alexander . Gallatin was at that time Secretary of Treasury and the Senate rejected his appointment to the diplomatic mission as unconstitutional . However , this rejection did not occur until after Gallatin and Bayard had left for St. Petersburg . In September , Lord William Cathcart delivered a British message to Alexander explaining their reasons for declining the mediation . Thus ended President Madison 's hope that Alexander could end the war . 1815 US passport issued by John Quincy Adams at London Louisa Adams served an invaluable role as wife - of - diplomat , becoming a favorite of the czar and making up for her husband 's utter lack of charm . However , Adams was personally well liked by the Russian Court and often would be met on walks by Alexander . The Tsar asked Adams if he would be taking a house in the country over the summer . When Adams hesitated , the emperor stated with good humor that perhaps it was a financial consideration and Adams was able to respond in kind that it indeed was in large part . Adams was a man who endeavored to live within the means provided by the American government . Minister to the Court of St. James 's ( edit ) In 1814 , Adams was recalled from Russia to serve as chief negotiator of the U.S. commission for the Treaty of Ghent , which ended the War of 1812 between the United States and United Kingdom . The United Kingdom 's first peace offer in mid-1814 was unacceptable to the American delegation , as it included unfavorable terms such as the creation of an Indian barrier state out of parts of the northwestern United States . By November 1814 , the government of Lord Liverpool decided to seek an end to hostilities with the U.S. on the basis of status quo ante bellum . Adams and his fellow commissioners had hoped for similar terms , though a return to the status quo would mean the continuation of British practice of impressment , which had been a major cause of the war . The treaty was signed on December 24 , 1814 . The United States did not gain any concessions from the treaty , but could boast that it had survived a war against the strongest power in the world . Following the signing of the treaty , Adams traveled to Paris , where he witnessed first - hand the Hundred Days of Napoleon 's restoration . During this period , Adams learned that President Madison had appointed him as the minister to the Court of St. James 's ( Britain ) . Adams arrived in Britain in May 1815 . In London , Adams was part of a U.S. Legation consisting of himself , two young secretaries and a small office in Craven Street , near Charing Cross . Since they were not particularly well paid , Adams and his wife Louisa lived in Ealing , at that time a village in the countryside , in order to maintain the expensive carriages and liveries which social appearance demanded . With the aid of Henry Clay and Albert Gallatin , who had also been part of the U.S. commission at Ghent , Adams negotiated a limited trade agreement with Britain . Following the conclusion of the trade agreement , much of Adams 's time as ambassador was spent helping stranded American sailors and prisoners of war . In April 1817 , Adams received a letter from newly inaugurated President James Monroe , who offered Adams the role of Secretary of State . Having spent several years in Europe , Adams finally returned to the United States in August 1817 . U.S. Secretary of state ( 1817 -- 1825 ) ( edit ) Adams portrait - Gilbert Stuart , 1818 In pursuit of national unity , President Monroe decided a Northerner would be optimal for the position of Secretary of State , and he chose the respected and experienced Adams for the role . Adams served as Secretary of State throughout Monroe 's eight - year presidency , from 1817 to 1825 . Taking office in the aftermath of the War of 1812 , Adams thought that the country had been fortunate in avoiding territorial losses , and he prioritized avoiding another war with a European power , particularly Britain . One of the major challenges confronting Adams was how to respond to the power vacuum in Latin America arising from Spain 's weakness following the Peninsular War . Monroe and Adams agreed on most of the major foreign policy issues : both favored neutrality towards the Latin American wars of independence , peace with Great Britain , denial of a trade agreement with the French , and expansion , peacefully if possible , into the North American territories of the Spanish Empire . Adams had begun negotiations with Britain during his time as ambassador over several contentious issues that had not been solved by the War of 1812 or the Treaty of Ghent . In 1817 , the two countries agreed to the Rush -- Bagot Treaty , which limited naval armaments on the Great Lakes . Negotiations between the two powers continued , resulting in the Treaty of 1818 , which defined the Canada -- United States border west of the Great Lakes . The boundary was set at the 49th parallel to the Rocky Mountains , while the territory to the west of the mountains ( Oregon Country ) would be jointly occupied . The agreement represented a turning point in United Kingdom -- United States relations , as the U.S. turned its attention to its southern and western borders and British fears over American expansionism waned . In the Adams -- Onís Treaty , the United States acquired Florida and set the western border of the 1803 Louisiana Purchase When Adams took office , Spanish possessions bordered the United States to the South and West . In the South , Spain retained control of Florida , which the U.S. had long sought to purchase . Spain struggled to control the Native American tribes active in Florida , some of which raided U.S. territory . In the West , New Spain bordered the territory purchased by the U.S. in the Louisiana Purchase , but no clear boundary had been established between U.S. and Spanish territory . After taking office , Adams began negotiations with Luis de Onís , the Spanish minister to the United States , for the purchase of Florida and the settlement of a border between the U.S. and New Spain . Adams hoped to set the U.S. border at the Rio Grande River , while the Spanish preferred that the border be set at the Mississippi River . The negotiations were interrupted by an escalation of the Seminole War , and in December 1818 Monroe ordered General Andrew Jackson to enter Florida and retaliate against Seminoles that had raided Georgia . Exceeding his orders , Jackson defeated the Seminoles , but also captured the Spanish outposts of St. Marks and Pensacola and executed two Englishmen . While the rest of the cabinet was outraged by Jackson 's actions , Adams defended them as necessary to self - defense and protected by international law , and Adams eventually convinced Monroe and most of the cabinet to support Jackson . After extended negotiations , the two powers agreed to the Adams -- Onís Treaty , in which Spain transferred Florida to the U.S. and the Sabine River was established as the western border of the United States . The treaty was ratified in February 1821 . As the Spanish Empire continued to fracture during Monroe 's second term , Adams and Monroe became increasingly concerned that the `` Holy Alliance '' ( which consisted of Prussia , Austria , and Russia ) would seek to bring Spain 's erstwhile colonies under control . In 1822 , following the conclusion of the Adams -- Onís Treaty , the Monroe administration recognized the independence of several Latin American countries , including Argentina and Mexico . In 1823 , British Foreign Secretary George Canning suggested that the U.S. and Britain should work together to preserve the independence of these fledgling republics . The cabinet debated whether or not to accept the offer , but Adams opposed it . Instead , Adams urged Monroe to publicly declare U.S. opposition to any European attempt to colonize or re-take control of territory in the Americas , while also committing the U.S. to neutrality with respect to European affairs . Adams wrote a draft for Monroe that stated these principles and also proclaimed U.S. support for republican principles . In his December 1823 annual message to Congress , Monroe laid out the Monroe Doctrine , which was largely built upon Adams 's ideas . The doctrine became one of the foundational principles of U.S. foreign policy . 1824 presidential election ( edit ) Main article : United States presidential election , 1824 1824 presidential election results Immediately upon becoming Secretary of State , Adams emerged as one of Monroe 's most likely successors , as the last three presidents had all served in the role ( although Jefferson also served as vice president ) before taking office . As the 1824 election approached , Adams , Clay , Secretary of War John C. Calhoun , and Secretary of the Treasury William H. Crawford positioned themselves to succeed Monroe . Adams felt that his own election as president would vindicate his father , while also allowing him to pursue an ambitious domestic policy . Though he lacked the charisma of his competitors , Adams was widely respected and benefited from the lack of other prominent Northerners . The Federalist Party had nearly collapsed in the aftermath of the War of 1812 , and all of the major presidential candidates were members of Monroe 's Democratic - Republican Party . As 1824 approached , Jackson jumped into the race , motivated in large part by his anger over Clay and Crawford 's denunciations of his actions in Florida . The congressional nominating caucus had decided upon previous presidential nominees , but it had become largely discredited . Candidates were instead nominated by state legislatures or nominating conventions , and Adams received the endorsement of several New England legislatures . Seeing Jackson 's strength , Calhoun dropped out of the presidential race and instead sought the vice presidency . The remaining candidates relied heavily on regional strength . Adams was popular in New England , Clay and Jackson were strong in the West , and Jackson and Crawford competed for the South , despite the latter 's health problems . In the 1824 presidential election , no candidate won a majority of the electoral vote , necessitating a contingent election under the terms of the Twelfth Amendment . The House decided among the top three electoral vote winners , with each state 's delegation having one vote . The top three electoral vote winners were Jackson , Adams , and Crawford ; though Clay had also received electoral votes , he was not eligible to be selected by the House . Voting by state in the 1824 contingent election . States in orange voted for Adams , states in green for Crawford , and states in blue for Jackson . Adams knew that his own victory in the contingent election would require the support of Clay , who besides being a presidential contender also had accumulated immense influence in the House and had thrice served as the body 's speaker . In contrast with Clay , Crawford believed in a weak , limited federal government . Jackson 's policy views were unclear , but Clay had been outraged by Jackson 's actions in Florida , and he feared what Jackson would do in office . Clay 's American System called for high tariffs , federally - funded internal improvements , and a national bank , all of which were supported by Adams . Adams and Clay met prior to the contingent election , and Clay agreed to support Adams . In February 1825 Adams won the contingent election , taking thirteen of the twenty - four state delegations . After the election , many of Jackson 's supporters claimed that Adams and Clay had reached a `` Corrupt Bargain '' in which Adams promised Clay the position of Secretary of State in return for Clay 's support . Presidency ( 1825 -- 1829 ) ( edit ) Main article : Presidency of John Quincy Adams John Quincy Adams , George Peter Alexander Healy , 1858 Inauguration ( edit ) Adams was inaugurated on March 4 , 1825 . He took the oath of office on a book of constitutional law , instead of the more traditional Bible . In his inaugural address , he adopted a post-partisan tone , promising that he would avoid party - building and politically - motivated appointments . He also proposed an elaborate program of `` internal improvements '' : roads , ports , and canals . Though some worried about the constitutionality of such federal projects , Adams argued that the General Welfare Clause provided for broad constitutional authority . While his predecessors had engaged in projects like the building of the National Road , Adams promised that he would ask Congress to authorize many more such projects . Appointments ( edit ) Administration and cabinet ( edit ) The Adams Cabinet Office Name Term President John Quincy Adams 1825 -- 1829 Vice President John C. Calhoun 1825 -- 1829 Secretary of State Henry Clay 1825 -- 1829 Secretary of Treasury Richard Rush 1825 -- 1829 Secretary of War James Barbour 1825 -- 1828 Peter B. Porter 1828 -- 1829 Attorney General William Wirt 1825 -- 1829 Secretary of the Navy Samuel L. Southard 1825 -- 1829 Judiciary ( edit ) Adams appointed one Justice to the Supreme Court of the United States and eleven judges to the United States district courts . The lone Supreme Court Justice , Robert Trimble , served from May 1826 to his death in August 1828 . Adams nominated John J. Crittenden to replace Trimble , but the Senate never voted on Crittenden 's nomination . Domestic policies ( edit ) In his 1825 annual message to Congress , Adams presented a comprehensive and ambitious agenda . He called for major investments in internal improvements as well as the creation of a national university , a naval academy , and a national astronomical observatory . Noting the healthy status of the treasury and the possibility for more revenue via land sales , Adams argued for the completion of several projects that were in various stages of construction or planning , including a road from Washington to New Orleans . However , Adams 's programs faced opposition from various quarters . Many disagreed with his broad interpretation of the constitution , and favored stronger state governments at the expense of the federal government . Others disliked any government interference and were opposed to central planning . Some in the South feared that Adams was secretly an abolitionist and that he sought to suborn the states to the federal government . Some of his proposals were adopted , specifically the extension of the Cumberland Road into Ohio with surveys for its continuation west to St. Louis ; the beginning of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal , the construction of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal and the Louisville and Portland Canal around the falls of the Ohio ; the connection of the Great Lakes to the Ohio River system in Ohio and Indiana ; and the enlargement and rebuilding of the Dismal Swamp Canal in North Carolina . One of the issues which divided the administration was protective tariffs , of which Henry Clay was a leading advocate . Allies of Adams lost control of Congress after the 1826 mid-term elections , and pro-Adams Speaker of the House John Taylor was replaced by Andrew Stevenson , a Jackson supporter . Jacksonian Congressmen lobbied numerous attacks against Adams , including attacks on Adams 's actions at Ghent and criticism of White House expenditures such as the purchase of a pool table . Jacksonians devised the Tariff of 1828 , which raised tariffs considerably . After signing the tariff , Adams was denounced in the South , but received little credit for the tariff in the North . Adams sought the gradual assimilation of Native Americans via consensual agreements , a priority shared by few whites in the 1820s . Yet Adams was also deeply committed to the westward expansion of the United States . Settlers on the frontier , who were constantly seeking to move westward , cried for a more expansionist policy that disregarded the concerns of a supposedly inferior civilization . Early in his term , Adams suspended the Treaty of Indian Springs after learning that the Governor of Georgia , George Troup , had forced the treaty on the Muscogee . Adams signed a new treaty with the Muskogee in January 1826 that allowed the Muskogee to stay but ceded most of their land to Georgia . Troup refused to accept its terms , and authorized all Georgian citizens to evict the Muskogee . A third treaty was signed in 1828 , giving all of the Muskogee land to Georgia . Foreign policies ( edit ) BEP engraved portrait of Adams as president According to Charles Edel , Adams believed that , `` Intervention would accomplish little , retard the cause of republicanism , and distract the country from its primary goal of continental expansion . '' Moreover , fearful that U.S. intentions would outstrip its capabilities , Adams thought that projecting U.S. power abroad would weaken its gravitational force on the North American continent . During his term as President , Adams achieved little of long - term consequence in foreign affairs . A reason for this was the opposition he faced in Congress , where his rivals prevented him from succeeding . Among his diplomatic achievements were treaties of reciprocity with a number of nations , including Denmark , Mexico , the Hanseatic League , the Scandinavian countries , Prussia , and Austria . However , thanks to the successes of Adams ' diplomacy during his previous eight years as secretary of state , most of the foreign policy issues he would have faced had been resolved by the time he became president . As President , Adams continued to pursue the peaceful settlement of potential disputes with Britain , including the unsettled border between Maine and Canada . However , in 1825 , Britain banned U.S. trade from the British West Indies , damaging Adams 's prestige in foreign affairs . After Congress retaliated by increasing tariffs on British products , the British forbid U.S. trade with any British colony aside from Canada , further damaging U.S. businesses . Adams favored sending a U.S. delegation to the Congress of Panama , an 1826 conference of New World republics organized by Simón Bolívar . Adams sought closer ties with the new Latin American states , believing that stability among the new states would benefit the U.S. and be conducive for the purchase of Texas from Mexico . However , the funding for a delegation and the confirmation of delegation nominees became entangled in a political battle over Adams 's domestic policies , with opponents such as Senator Martin Van Buren impeding the process of confirming a delegation . Though the delegation finally won confirmation from the Senate , it never reached the Congress of Panama due to congressional resistance and delay . 1828 presidential election ( edit ) Main article : United States presidential election , 1828 1828 presidential election results During his presidency , Adams 's opponents coalesced around Jackson . Opponents accused Adams of favoring big government , the Northeast , manufacturing , and abolition . Followers of Jackson , Van Buren , and Calhoun formed a proto - party apparatus , raising large sums of money and sponsoring newspapers and local clubs . Adams , meanwhile , refused to adapt to the new reality of political campaigns , and he avoided public functions and refused to invest in pro-administration tools such as newspapers . As the presidential election of 1828 approached , Jackson was viewed as the favorite by many , as Van Buren and others had established a strong base of support . In the spring of 1827 , Jackson was publicly accused of having encouraged his wife to desert her first husband . In response , followers of Jackson attacked Adams 's personal life , and the campaign turned increasingly nasty . Though few doubted Adams 's intelligence , the Jacksonian press portrayed him as an out - of - touch elitist . Vice President Calhoun joined Jackson 's ticket , while Adams turned to Secretary of the Treasury Richard Rush as his running mate . This represented the first time in U.S. history that a ticket of two Northerners faced a ticket of two Southerners . Neither side publicly campaigned on the issue of slavery , but Adams 's status as a New Englander may have hurt him , as many outside of New England held negative cultural stereotypes about the region . The key states in the election were New York , Pennsylvania , and Ohio , which accounted for nearly a third of the country 's electoral votes . Jackson won Pennsylvania , Ohio , and even Clay 's home state of Kentucky . He also won a majority of the electoral votes in New York , and denied Adams a sweep of New England by winning an electoral vote in Maine . In the South , aside from Adams 's win in Maryland , only Louisiana was remotely competitive , and even there Jackson won 53 % of the vote . In total , Jackson won 178 of the 261 electoral votes and just under 56 percent of the popular vote . No future presidential candidate would match Jackson 's proportion of the popular vote until Theodore Roosevelt exceeded it in 1904 . Adams 's loss made him the second one - term president , after his own father . The election marked the permanent end of the Era of Good Feelings and the start of the Second Party System . Departure ( edit ) John Quincy Adams left office on March 4 , 1829 . Adams did not attend the inauguration of his successor , Andrew Jackson , who had openly snubbed him by refusing to pay the traditional `` courtesy call '' to the outgoing president during the weeks before his own inauguration . Jackson 's wife had died shortly after the election , and Jackson blamed Adams and his followers for her death . Adams was one of only four presidents who chose not to attend their respective successor 's inauguration ; the others were his father , Andrew Johnson , and Richard Nixon . Later Congressional career ( 1830 -- 1848 ) ( edit ) Adams considered permanently retiring from public life after his 1828 defeat , and he was deeply hurt by the suicide of his son , George Washington Adams , in 1829 . He was appalled by many of the Jackson administration 's actions , including its embrace of the spoils system . Adams grew bored of his retirement and still felt that his career was unfinished , so he ran for and won a seat in the United States House of Representatives in the 1830 elections . His election went against the generally held opinion , shared by his own wife and youngest son , that former presidents should not run for public office . He was the first president to serve in Congress after his term of office , and one of only two former presidents to do so ( Andrew Johnson later served in the Senate ) . He was elected to nine terms , serving as a Representative for 17 years , from 1831 until his death . Returning to Washington at the age of sixty - four , Adams expected a light workload , but Speaker Andrew Stevenson selected Adams chairman of the Committee on Commerce and Manufactures . During his time in Congress he also served as chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs and the Committee on Foreign Affairs . Stevenson , an ally of Jackson , expected that the chairmanship would keep Adams busy defending the tariff , but that the presence of a Jacksonian majority on the committee would prevent Adams from accruing any real power . Shortly after Adams entered Congress , the Nullification Crisis threatened civil war over the Tariff of 1828 . Clay and Adams offered an amendment moderating the tariff , and defused the crisis . Congress also passed the Force Bill which authorized President Andrew Jackson to use military force if Adams ' compromise bill did not force the belligerent states to capitulate . There was no need , however , because Adams ' compromise remedied the matter . The compromise actually did not alter the tariff as much as the southern states had hoped , though they agreed not to continue pursuing the issue for fear of civil war . Adams ran for Governor of Massachusetts in 1833 on the Anti-Masonic ticket . Incumbent National Republican Governor Levi Lincoln Jr. was retiring so Adams faced that party 's John Davis , Democrat Marcus Morton and Samuel L. Allen of the Working Men 's Party . Davis won a plurality with 40 % ; Adams took 29 % , with Morton taking 25 % and Allen 6 % . Because no candidate had won a majority , the election was decided by the state legislature . Adams withdrew and endorsed Davis , preferring him over Morton , and Davis was chosen in January 1834 . Adams opposed the annexation of Texas , viewing as unconstitutional the imposition of U.S. citizenship on foreign nationals when those nationals did not hold a referendum . Adams called for the annexation of the entirety of Oregon Country , a disputed region occupied by both the United States and Britain , and was disappointed when President James K. Polk signed the Oregon Treaty , which divided the land between the two claimants at the 49th parallel . Adams became a strong critic of the Mexican - American War , which he saw as a war of aggression against Mexico that was designed to take Mexican territory . Although the war was popular at first , many Whigs eventually opposed it . Slavery ( edit ) Main article : John Quincy Adams and abolitionism John Quincy Adams during his final hours of life after his collapse in the Capitol . Drawing in pencil by Arthur Joseph Stansbury , digitally restored . A longtime opponent of slavery , Adams used his new role in Congress to fight it , and he became the most prominent national leader opposing slavery . After one of his reelection victories , he said that he must `` bring about a day prophesied when slavery and war shall be banished from the face of the earth . '' He wrote in his private journal in 1820 : The discussion of this Missouri question has betrayed the secret of their souls . In the abstract they admit that slavery is an evil , they disclaim it , and cast it all upon the shoulder of ... Great Britain . But when probed to the quick upon it , they show at the bottom of their souls pride and vainglory in their condition of masterdom . They look down upon the simplicity of a Yankee 's manners , because he has no habits of overbearing like theirs and can not treat negroes like dogs . It is among the evils of slavery that it taints the very sources of moral principle . It establishes false estimates of virtue and vice : for what can be more false and heartless than this doctrine which makes the first and holiest rights of humanity to depend upon the color of the skin ? In 1836 , Southern Representatives voted in a `` gag rule '' that immediately tabled any petitions about slavery , thus preventing any discussion or debate of the slavery issue . Adams became a forceful opponent of this rule and conceived a way around it , attacking slavery in the House for two weeks . The gag rule prevented him from bringing slavery petitions to the floor , but he brought one anyway . It was a petition from a Georgia citizen urging disunion due to the continuation of slavery in the South . Though he certainly did not support it and made that clear at the time , his intent was to antagonize the pro-slavery faction of Congress into an open fight on the matter . The petition infuriated his Congressional enemies , many of whom were agitating for disunion themselves . They moved for his censure over the matter , enabling Adams to discuss slavery openly during his subsequent defense . Taking advantage of his right to defend himself , Adams delivered prepared and impromptu remarks against slavery and in favor of abolition . Knowing that he would probably be acquitted , he changed the focus from his own actions to those of the slaveholders , speaking against the slave trade and the ownership of slaves . He decided that if he were censured , he would merely resign , run for the office again , and probably win easily . When his opponents realized that they played into his political strategy , they tried to bury the censure . Adams made sure this did not happen , and the debate continued . He attacked slavery and slaveholders as immoral , and condemned the institution while calling for it to end . After two weeks , a vote was held , and he was not censured . He delighted in the misery he was inflicting on the slaveholders he so hated , and prided himself on being `` obnoxious to the slave faction . '' Though the gag rule was retained , the discussion ignited by his actions and the attempts of others to quiet him raised questions of the right to petition , the right to legislative debate , and the morality of slavery . In 1841 , at the request of Lewis Tappan and Ellis Gray Loring , Adams joined the case of United States v . The Amistad . Adams went before the Supreme Court on behalf of African slaves who had revolted and seized the Spanish ship Amistad . Adams appeared on 24 February 1841 , and spoke for four hours . His argument succeeded ; the Court ruled in favor of the Africans , who were declared free and returned to their homes . Among his opponents was President Martin Van Buren . In the following years , the Spanish government continued to press the US for compensation for the ship and its cargo , including the slaves . Several southern lawmakers introduced Congressional resolutions to appropriate money for such payment , but none passed , despite support from Democratic presidents James K. Polk and James Buchanan . Adams continued to speak against what he called the `` Slave Power '' , that is the organized political power of the slave owners who dominated all the southern states and their representation in Congress . He was also a fierce critic of northern Representatives and Senators , in particular Stephen A. Douglas , who he accused of catering to the slave faction in exchange for southern support . He vehemently attacked the annexation of Texas and the Mexican - American War as part of a `` conspiracy '' to extend slavery . He correctly predicted that the annexation of Texas and the Mexican - American War would contribute to civil war . Advancement of science ( edit ) Adams ' portrait at U.S. National Portrait Gallery by George Bingham c. 1850 Adams also became a leading force for the promotion of science . As president , he had proposed a national observatory , which did not win much support . In 1829 British scientist James Smithson died , and left his fortune for the `` increase and diffusion of knowledge . '' In Smithson 's will , he stated that should his nephew , Henry James Hungerford , die without heirs , the Smithson estate would go to the government of the United States to create an `` Establishment for the increase & diffusion of Knowledge among men . '' After the nephew died without heirs in 1835 , President Andrew Jackson informed Congress of the bequest , which amounted to about US $ 500,000 ( $75,000,000 in 2008 U.S. dollars after inflation ) . Adams realized that this might allow the United States to realize his dream of building a national institution of science and learning . Adams thus became Congress ' primary supporter of the future Smithsonian Institution . The money was invested in shaky state bonds , which quickly defaulted . After heated debate in Congress , Adams successfully argued to restore the lost funds with interest . Though Congress wanted to use the money for other purposes , Adams successfully persuaded Congress to preserve the money for an institution of science and learning . Congress also debated whether the federal government had the authority to accept the gift , though with Adams leading the initiative , Congress decided to accept the legacy bequeathed to the nation and pledged the faith of the United States to the charitable trust on July 1 , 1836 . Photography ( edit ) Sources contend that in 1843 Adams sat for the earliest confirmed photograph still in existence of a U.S. president , although others maintain that William Henry Harrison had posed even earlier for his portrait , in 1841 . The original daguerreotype is in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution . Death ( edit ) Adams 's cenotaph at the Congressional Cemetery In 1846 , the 78 - year - old former president suffered a stroke that left him partially paralyzed . After a few months of rest , he made a full recovery and resumed his duties in Congress . When Adams entered the House chamber , everyone `` stood up and applauded . '' On February 21 , 1848 , the House of Representatives was discussing the matter of honoring U.S. Army officers who served in the Mexican -- American War . Adams had been a vehement critic of the war , and as Congressmen rose up to say , `` Aye ! '' in favor of the measure , he instead yelled , `` No ! '' He rose to answer a question put forth by Speaker of the House Robert Charles Winthrop . Immediately thereafter , Adams collapsed , having suffered a massive cerebral hemorrhage . Two days later , on February 23 , he died with his wife at his side in the Speaker 's Room inside the Capitol Building in Washington , D.C. ; his only living child , Charles Francis , did not arrive in time to see his father alive . His last words were `` This is the last of earth . I am content . '' He died at 7 : 20 p.m. He was the last surviving child of John Adams . First term Representative Abraham Lincoln of Illinois was assigned to the committee making the funeral arrangements . His original interment was temporary , in the public vault at the Congressional Cemetery in Washington , D.C. Later , he was interred in the family burial ground in Quincy , Massachusetts , across from the First Parish Church , called Hancock Cemetery . After Louisa 's death in 1852 , his son Charles Francis Adams had his parents reinterred in the expanded family crypt in the United First Parish Church across the street , next to John and Abigail . Both tombs are viewable by the public . Adams ' original tomb at Hancock Cemetery is still there and marked simply `` J.Q. Adams '' . John Quincy Adams ' original tomb at Hancock Cemetery , across the street from United First Parish Church Personal life ( edit ) Adams and Louisa had three sons and a daughter . Their daughter , Louisa , was born in 1811 but died in 1812 while the family was in Russia . They named their first son George Washington Adams ( 1801 -- 1829 ) after the first president . This decision upset Adams 's mother , and , by her account , his father as well . Both George and their second son , John ( 1803 -- 1834 ) , led troubled lives and died in early adulthood . George committed suicide and John was expelled from Harvard before his 1823 graduation . George Washington Adams by Charles King John Adams II Charles Francis Adams Adams ' youngest son , Charles Francis Adams ( who named his own son John Quincy ) , pursued a career in diplomacy and politics . In 1870 Charles Francis built the first presidential library in the United States , to honor his father . The Stone Library includes over 14,000 books written in twelve languages . The library is located in the `` Old House '' at Adams National Historical Park in Quincy , Massachusetts . John Adams and John Quincy Adams were the only father and son to serve as presidents until George H.W. Bush ( 1989 -- 1993 ) and George W. Bush ( 2001 -- 2009 ) . It has been suggested that John Quincy Adams had the highest I.Q. of any U.S. president . Personality ( edit ) Presidential Dollar of John Quincy Adams Adams ' personality was much like that of his father , as were his political beliefs . He always preferred secluded reading to social engagements , and several times had to be pressured by others to remain in public service . Historian Paul Nagel states that , like Abraham Lincoln after him , Adams often suffered from depression , for which he sought some form of treatment in early years . Adams thought his depression was due to the high expectations demanded of him by his father and mother . Throughout his life he felt inadequate and socially awkward because of his depression , and was constantly bothered by his physical appearance . He was closer to his father , whom he spent much of his early life with abroad , than he was to his mother . When he was younger and the American Revolution was going on , his mother told her children what their father was doing , and what he was risking , and because of this Adams grew to greatly respect his father . His relationship with his mother was rocky ; she had high expectations of him and was afraid her children might end up dead alcoholics like her brother . His biographer , Nagel , concludes that his mother 's disapproval of Louisa Johnson motivated him to marry Johnson in 1797 , despite Adams ' reservations that Johnson , like his mother , had a strong personality . Legacy ( edit ) Tombs of Presidents John Adams ( left ) and John Quincy Adams ( right ) and their wives , in a family crypt beneath the United First Parish Church Though he later described his presidency as the unhappiest time of his life , scholars rate John Quincy Adams in the second quartile in the majority of historical presidential rankings . Historians have often included Adams among the leading conservatives of his day . Russell Kirk , however , sees Adams as a flawed conservative who was imprudent in opposing slavery . Adams ' foreign policy legacy , and its focus on noninterventionism , led to his name being adopted by the John Quincy Adams Society , a network of student groups that is `` committed to identifying , educating , and equipping the next generation of scholars and policy leaders to encourage a new era of realism and restraint in American foreign policy . '' John Quincy Adams Birthplace is now part of Adams National Historical Park and open to the public . Adams House , one of twelve undergraduate residential Houses at Harvard University , is named in honor of John Adams , John Quincy Adams , and other members of the Adams family who were associated with Harvard . The name Quincy has been used by several locations in the United States , including the town of Quincy , Illinois . Adams County , Illinois and Adams County , Indiana are also named after Adams . He was the first president to adopt a short haircut instead of long hair tied in a queue and to regularly wear long trousers instead of knee breeches . Film and television ( edit ) Adams occasionally is featured in the mass media . In the PBS miniseries The Adams Chronicles ( 1976 ) , he was portrayed by David Birney , William Daniels , Marcel Trenchard , Steven Grover and Mark Winkworth . He was also portrayed by Anthony Hopkins in the 1997 film Amistad , and again by Ebon Moss - Bachrach and Steven Hinkle in the 2008 HBO television miniseries John Adams ; the HBO series received criticism for needless historical and temporal distortions in its portrayal . ( show ) Ancestors of John Quincy Adams 16 . Joseph Adams 8 . Joseph Adams 17 . Abigail Baxter 4 . John Adams Sr . 18 . John Bass 9 . Hannah Bass 19 . Ruth Alden 2 . President John Adams 20 . Thomas Boylston 10 . Peter Boylston 21 . Mary Gardner 5 . Susanna Boylston 22 . Benjamin White 11 . Ann White 23 . Susanna 1 . John Quincy Adams 24 . Thomas Smith 12 . William Smith 25 . Susanna Boylston 6 . Reverend William Smith 13 . Abigail Fowle 3 . Abigail Smith 28 . Daniel Quincy 14 . Colonel John Quincy 29 . Anna Shephard 7 . Elizabeth Quincy 30 . Reverend John Norton 15 . Elizabeth Norton 31 . Mary Mason See also ( edit ) Book : Presidents of the United States ( 1789 -- 1860 ) List of abolitionists List of United States political appointments across party lines List of Presidents of the United States by previous experience List of United States Congress members who died in office ( 1790 -- 1899 ) Mendi Bible List of descendants of Mayflower passengers Pronunciation note ( edit ) Jump up ^ The Quincy family name was pronounced / ˈkwɪnzi / , as in the name of Quincy , Massachusetts ( then called Braintree ) , where Adams was born . All of the other Quincy place names are locally / ˈkwɪnsi / . Though not accurate , this pronunciation is also commonly used for Adams ' middle name . References ( edit ) Jump up ^ Wead , Doug ( 2005 ) . The Raising of a President . New York : Atria Books . p. 59 . ISBN 0 - 7434 - 9726 - 0 . Jump up ^ Bemis 1981 Jump up ^ Herring , George ( 2008 ) . From Colony to Superpower : U.S. Foreign Relations Since 1776 . Oxford Univ . Press . p. 129 . 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Arguing About Slavery : The Great Battle in the United States Congress . New York : Alfred A. Knopf . Morris , Walter John ( 1963 ) John Quincy Adams , Germanophile , Pennsylvania State University External video Booknotes interview with Paul Nagel on John Quincy Adams : A Public Life , A Private Life , January 4 , 1998 , C - SPAN Nagel , Paul C. ( 1983 ) . Descent from Glory : Four Generations of the John Adams Family . New York : Oxford Univ . Press . ISBN 978 - 0 - 19 - 503172 - 0 . Nagel , Paul ( 1999 ) . John Quincy Adams : A Public Life , a Private Life . Cambridge , MA : Harvard Univ . Press . pp. 19 , 21 , 26 , 30 , 32 , 49 , 51 , 54 , 73 , 76 , 272 , 279 , 327 , 346 -- 48 , 351 -- 53 , 357 , 359 , 368 . ISBN 978 - 0674479401 . Parsons , Lynn H. ( 2009 ) . The Birth of Modern Politics : Andrew Jackson , John Quincy Adams , and the Election of 1828 . Oxford Univ . Press . excerpt and text search Parsons , Lynn H. ( 1998 ) . John Quincy Adams . Rowman and LittleField . Parsons , Lynn Hudson ( 2003 ) . `` In Which the Political Becomes Personal , and Vice Versa : the Last Ten Years of John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson '' . Journal of the Early Republic . 23 ( 3 ) : 421 -- 43 . doi : 10.2307 / 3595046 . ISSN 0275 - 1275 . JSTOR 3595046 . Portolano , Marlana ( 2000 ) . `` John Quincy Adams 's Rhetorical Crusade for Astronomy '' . Isis. 91 ( 3 ) : 480 -- 503 . doi : 10.1086 / 384852 . ISSN 0021 - 1753 . PMID 11143785 . Fulltext online at Jstor and Ebsco . He tried to create a national observatory , which became the U.S. Naval Observatory . Pessen , Edward . `` John Quincy Adams '' in Henry Graff , ed . The Presidents : A Reference History ( 3rd ed. 2002 ) online Potkay , Adam S. ( 1999 ) . `` Theorizing Civic Eloquence in the Early Republic : the Road from David Hume to John Quincy Adams '' . Early American Literature. 34 ( 2 ) : 147 -- 70 . ISSN 0012 - 8163 . Fulltext online at Swetswise and Ebsco . Rathbun , Lyon ( 2000 ) . `` The Ciceronian Rhetoric of John Quincy Adams '' . Rhetorica. 18 ( 2 ) : 175 -- 215 . doi : 10.1525 / rh. 2000.18. 2.175 . ISSN 0734 - 8584 . Remini , Robert V. ( 2002 ) . John Quincy Adams . New York : Times Books . ISBN 0 - 8050 - 6939 - 9 . Unger , Harlow Giles . John Quincy Adams ( 2012 ) , biography Waldstreicher , David , ed . A Companion to John Adams and John Quincy Adams ( 2013 ) excerpt and text search ; 600pp ; 25 essays by scholars Wood , Gary V. ( 2004 ) . Heir to the Fathers : John Quincy Adams and the Spirit of Constitutional Government . Ladham , MD : Lexington . ISBN 0 - 7391 - 0601 - 5 . Works ( edit ) Waldstreicher , David , ed . The Diaries of John Quincy Adams , 1779 -- 1821 ( Library of America , 20170 . xiv , 727 pp Adams , John Quincy ( 1903 ) . `` Life in a New England town , 1787 , 1788 : diary of John Quincy Adams while a student in the office of Theophilus Parsons at Newburyport '' . Internet Archive . Boston : Little , Brown . OCLC 749195912 . Retrieved October 31 , 2016 . Adams , John Quincy ( 1874 -- 1877 ) . Adams , Charles Francis , ed . Memoirs of John Quincy Adams : Comprising Portions of His Diary from 1795 to 1848 . 12 v. Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott & Co . ISBN 9780836950212 . OCLC 559230698 . Adams , John Quincy ( 1913 -- 1917 ) . Ford , Worthington C , ed . Writings of John Quincy Adams . 7 v. New York : The Macmillan Company . OCLC 564019879 . Adams , John Quincy ( 1810 ) . Lectures on Rhetoric and Oratory : Delivered to the Classes of Senior and Junior Sophisters in Harvard University . 2 v. Cambridge : Printed by Hilliard and Metcalf . OCLC 456915710 . Butterfield , L.H. ; Taylor , Robert J. ; Ryerson , Richard A. , eds. ( 1961 ) . The Adams Papers . Cambridge , Mass : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press . OCLC 56354007 . 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Adams ( son ) Charles Adams Sr. ( son ) John Adams II ( son ) Henry Adams ( grandson ) Brooks Adams ( grandson ) John Quincy Adams II ( grandson ) John Adams father presidency Abigail Adams mother First Lady Quincy family Abigail Adams Smith ( sister ) Charles Adams ( brother ) Thomas Boylston Adams ( brother ) John Adams Sr. ( paternal grandfather ) Susanna Boylston ( paternal grandmother ) Elihu Adams ( paternal uncle ) John Quincy ( great - grandfather ) Related National Republican Party Republicanism Quincy Patriot ← James Monroe Andrew Jackson → Category Offices and distinctions Diplomatic posts Preceded by William Short United States Minister to the Netherlands 1794 -- 1797 Succeeded by William Vans Murray New office United States Minister to Prussia 1797 -- 1801 Vacant Title next held by Henry Wheaton Preceded by William Short United States Minister to Russia 1809 -- 1814 Succeeded by James A. 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Calhoun Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts 's 8th congressional district 1843 -- 1848 Succeeded by Horace Mann Preceded by Rollin Mallary Chair of the House Manufactures Committee 1831 -- 1847 Succeeded by Andrew Stewart Preceded by John Bell Chair of the House Indian Affairs Committee 1841 -- 1843 Succeeded by Cave Johnson Preceded by Caleb Cushing Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee 1842 -- 1843 Succeeded by Charles Jared Ingersoll Honorary titles Preceded by Dixon Hall Lewis Dean of the House 1844 -- 1848 Served alongside : James Iver McKay Succeeded by James Iver McKay Preceded by Andrew Jackson Oldest living president of the United States 1845 -- 1848 Succeeded by Martin Van Buren Notes and references 1 . The Democratic - Republican Party split in the 1824 election , fielding four separate candidates . 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