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May 25, 2016 · Almost 200 years ago, Louisa Catherine Adams became the first and only foreign-born first lady to claim the title when her husband John Quincy Adams took office in 1825. In a strange...
Aug 11, 2017 · Louisa Catherine Johnson (1775-1852) was the wife of the sixth U.S. president, John Quincy Adams. Louisa’s father was a wealthy American merchant, and her mother was a London socialite. The Johnsons’ seven daughters were all British citizens.
6 days ago · Louisa Adams was an American first lady (182–52), the wife of John Quincy Adams, sixth president of the United States. She was the first first lady born aboard. Learn more about Adams’s life, including her role in her husband’s election and her time as first lady.
Feb 13, 2017 · John Quincy had gained greater respect for his wife and declared in a speech to Congress that women had a right to be heard. On February 21, 1848, John Quincy Adams suffered a stroke at his desk in the House of Representatives, and Louisa was by his side when he died under the Capitol’s dome two days later.
John Quincy Adams was married in London in 1797, on the eve of his departure for Berlin, to Louisa Catherine Johnson (Louisa Adams), daughter of the United States consul Joshua Johnson, a Marylander by birth, and his wife, Katherine Nuth, an Englishwoman. Adams had first met her when he was 12 years old and his father was minister to France.
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.
The Adamses were married for more than fifty years, celebrating the occasion in 1847. The following year, John Quincy Adams died while serving in Congress; she died in Washington on May 15, 1852 at the age of 77, and today lies buried at his side in the family church at Quincy.
