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3 days ago · Louisa Adams (born February 12, 1775, London, England—died May 15, 1852, Washington, D.C., U.S.) was an American first lady (1825–29), the wife of John Quincy Adams, sixth president of the United States.. Early life. Louisa Johnson was born to Joshua Johnson, an American businessman from Maryland, and an Englishwoman, Katherine Nuth Johnson.Louisa was the first first lady born abroad.
Dec 16, 2009 · Louisa Adams (1775-1852) was an American first lady (1825-1829) and the wife of John Quincy Adams, a U.S. Congressman and the sixth president of the United States. The first-ever first lady born ...
Born in London, Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams was the wife of the sixth President, John Quincy Adams (1825-1829). Louisa Catherine Adams, the first of America’s First Ladies to be born outside ...
Peace negotiations called Adams to Ghent in 1814 and then to London. To join him, Louisa made a 40-day journey across war-ravaged Europe by coach in winter; roving bands of stragglers and highwaymen filled her with “unspeakable terrors” for her son. Happily, the next two years gave her an interlude of family life in the country of her birth.
Feb 13, 2017 · Louisa Catherine Adams (1775 - 1852) Louisa Catherine Adams is often times omitted or forgotten in books of first ladies or notable American women. Nevertheless, she made immense contributions to her nation and played a vital role in supporting the career of her husband, John Quincy Adams. Louisa’s relative obscurity may be due to the fact ...
Louisa Adams. When John Quincy Adams was a candidate for President of the United States in 1824, his wife, Louisa Catherine Adams, was his unofficial campaign manager. She helped dispel her husband's occasional doubts about a future in politics, reminding him that public service was his destiny. She discussed current affairs with congressmen ...
Louisa Adams' sister Kitty married Billy Smith in 1809; he was the nephew of John Quincy Adams, the son of Adams' sister Nabby. Her sister Eliza Johnson married U.S. Senator John Pope of Kentucky in 1810. After the death of Louisa Adams' sister Nancy Hellen, her widowed husband Walter Hellen married a second time, to their sister Adelaide. ...
