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10 unusual facts about John Quincy Adams


Adams Township, Warren County, Indiana

Adams Township was formed in 1848 and was named after the sixth president of the United States, John Quincy Adams.

Don Everhart

He designed and modeled John Quincy Adams, the sixth coin in the series, and modeled the fourth, a James Madison obverse.

Jacob Holgate

Future Vice President George M. Dallas gave the preamble and resolutions at this meeting, and then began to criticize the then present administration of John Quincy Adams.

James Woodson Bates

In 1828 President John Quincy Adams appointed him to the superior court of the territory.

Joan R. Challinor

In his article 'Henry Adams and the Making of America' (New York Times, September 11, 2005), Garry Wills says, "Joan Challinor...has written the most complete account of Louisa's life..." Louisa Catherine (Johnson) Adams was the wife of John Quincy Adams.

Lynne Adams

Adams is the daughter of Rosalind (née Gould), an actress, and Robert K. Adams, who was a producer, actor (noted for his appearances on The Goldbergs and Your Family and Mine), and former vice president of CBS, as well as a relative of Presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams.

Montauk Point State Park

John Quincy Adams successfully argued that the slaves had been kidnapped and they were permitted to return to Africa.

President Adams

John Quincy Adams (1767–1848), his son, 6th U.S. President, 1825–1829

Quincy, California

Quincy is named after the city of Quincy, Illinois, named in turn after John Quincy Adams (1767 - 1848), the sixth president of the United States (1825 - 1829).

Simon Bernard

During his time in America, he was a member of the prestigious Columbian Institute for the Promotion of Arts and Sciences, which counted among its members presidents Andrew Jackson and John Quincy Adams and many prominent men of the day, including well-known representatives of the military, government service, medical and other professions.


A. B. plot

These articles were written by Edwards; while some thought he desired to damage Crawford in the 1824 presidential campaign, John Quincy Adams believed the real object was to remove William Winston Seaton and Joseph Gales, Crawford supporters, from the post of public printers.

Abdulrahman Ibrahim Ibn Sori

After spending 40 years in slavery, he was freed in 1828 by order of President John Quincy Adams and Secretary of State Henry Clay after the Sultan of Morocco requested his release.

Adams National Historical Park

Adams National Historical Park, formerly Adams National Historic Site, in Quincy, Massachusetts, preserves the home of Presidents of the United States John Adams and John Quincy Adams, of U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, Charles Francis Adams, and of the writers and historians Henry Adams and Brooks Adams.

Adams Township, Clinton County, Ohio

Named for President John Quincy Adams, it is one of ten Adams Townships statewide.

Alexander Bourganov

His recent works include a monument to Alexander Pushkin located at George Washington University in Washington DC (2000); a statue of John Quincy Adams, the first U.S. Ambassador to Russia and later President of the United States, located in front of the U.S. Embassy in Moscow (2008); and a statue of poet Walt Whitman located on the campus of Moscow State University (2009).

Anne Royall

While in Washington attempting to secure a pension, Anne caught President John Quincy Adams during one of his usual early morning baths in the Potomac River.

Croton Aqueduct

Among those present were then-President of the United States John Tyler, former presidents John Quincy Adams and Martin van Buren, and Governor of New York William H. Seward.

History of New England

They are, in chronological order: John Adams (Massachusetts), John Quincy Adams (Massachusetts), Franklin Pierce (New Hampshire), Chester A. Arthur (born in Vermont, affiliated with New York), Calvin Coolidge (born in Vermont, affiliated with Massachusetts), John F. Kennedy (Massachusetts), George H. W. Bush (born in Massachusetts, affiliated with Texas) and George W. Bush (born in Connecticut, affiliated with Texas).

John Julian

He was likely sold into slavery, the "Julian the Indian" bought by John Quincy — whose grandson, President John Quincy Adams, became a staunch abolitionist.

Joseph Lovell

During the 1820s, Lovell was a member of the prestigious society, Columbian Institute for the Promotion of Arts and Sciences, who counted among their members former presidents Andrew Jackson and John Quincy Adams and many prominent men of the day, including well-known representatives of the military, government service, medical and other professions.

Mendi Bible

The Mendi Bible is a Bible presented to John Quincy Adams in 1841 by a group of freed Mendi captives who had mutinied on the schooner La Amistad.

Quincy political family

The names of President John Quincy Adams, several American towns, the USS Quincy, Quincy House at Harvard, Quincy House in Washington, D.C., and Quincy Market in Boston are among the legacies of the Quincy family name.

Second Party System

Each candidate (Henry Clay, William Crawford, Andrew Jackson, and John Quincy Adams), all of whom were nominally Democratic Republicans, had a regional base of support involving factions in the various states.

United States presidential election, 1820

Green denotes states won by Monroe, light yellow denotes New Hampshire elector William Plumer's vote for John Quincy Adams.

United States Senate election in New York, 1827

Both factions were divided into supporters of John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson, the Clintonian majority for Adams, the Bucktail majority for Jackson.

What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815–1848

Andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adams, Martin Van Buren, Henry Clay, John C. Calhoun, James Monroe, DeWitt Clinton, Thomas Hart Benton, James Polk, Democratic Party, Whigs, abolitionists, evangelical Protestant sects, and slaveholders.

William Shaler

He considered his efforts to be ineffective, largely because he formed friendships with Jonathan Russell and Henry Clay, which made John Quincy Adams distrustful.