John Quincy Adams Short Biography

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Who was John Quincy Adams
By:Yale Kim
John Quincy Adams was born on July 11,1767. His nickname is Old Man Eloquent. Abigail Smith Adams was his mother and John Adams was his father. John Quincy Adams had four siblings Abigail, Susan, Charles, and Thomas. He lived in a house in Braintree, Massachusetts.

On February 1778, John Quincy Adams 's dad had to go on a dangerous trip to France and John (Almost 11) was brave enough to ask his father if he could go.
Adams attended schools in Paris and Amsterdam. His studies allowed him to join the junior class at Harvard University, and he graduated in 1787. Adams studied law for three years, and in 1790, he began his own practice. He had few clients and soon turned to political journalism.

In July 26, 1797, John Quincy Adams married Louisa Johnson. About five years later, he was elected to Massachusetts State Senate. in 1803, he was elected to the U.S. Senate. Then in 1812, a war started and two years later, it ended because of the Negotiated The Treaty Of Ghent.
On 1825, John Quincy Adams was elected President of the United States and his family moved into the White House.

They had four children and only one of them, Charles Francis, was elected as the U.S. House of Representatives. In 1836, the House of …show more content…

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