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John Quincy Adams was appointed Secretary of State by President James Monroe on March 5, 1817. He served from September 22, 1817, until March 3, 1825. Adams enjoyed unique training in diplomacy and became one of the most influential diplomats in U.S. history. John Quincy Adams, Eighth Secretary of State.
John Adams, an 1823 portrait by Gilbert Stuart completed at the request of his son, John Quincy, was the last portrait of Adams. Adams expressed controversial and shifting views regarding the virtues of monarchical and hereditary political institutions.
John Quincy Adams (July 11, 1767 – February 23, 1848) was an American lawyer, diplomat, congressman, and sixth president of the United States. The son of the revolutionary leader and second U.S. president, John Adams, John Quincy was a precocious intellect and patriot who, as a child, watched the Battle of Bunker Hill from a hilltop above the ...
Courtesy: National Portrait Gallery, Smithisonian. A Childhood Abroad. John Quincy was born on July 11, 1767. In 1778 the 10-year-old accompanied his father on his first diplomatic mission to ...
John Quincy Adams advocated for a publicly-funded national university and government investment in scientific research. His strong commitment to principles proved to be liabilities as president, and his refusal to campaign for re-election partially explains why he was a one-term president.
Biography of John Quincy Adams by Margaret A. Hogan. Biography of John Quincy Adams by Mary W. M. Hargreaves. Related Documents. Search all documents. February 10, 1825.
John Quincy Adams served as a United States senator from Massachusetts (1803-08). He was minister to the Netherlands and then the United Kingdom and later still U.S. ambassador to Russia. He was ...
