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Author: Adams, John Quincy

Biography:

Adams, John Quincy (1767-1848: ANBO)

Sixth President of the United States. He was born in Braintree MA, the eldest son of John Adams--the Second President--and Abigail (Smith) Adams. His early private education while with his father in France was followed by attendance at an academy in Passy, at the Latin School in Amsterdam, and at Leyden University. After a posting to St. Petersburg as Secretary to the US ministry there, he graduated from Harvard in 1787 and began to practise law in 1790. He was successively a US Senator in 1803 and Secretary of State under Monroe in 1817. He was elected President in 1824, but lost to Andrew Jackson in 1828. He returned to Congress in 1831 and remained there until 1848, being notable during this last period for his opposition to slavery. Other literary works include The Wants of Man, a Poem (1841) and Poems of Religion and Society (1848), which appeared in several editions; and his translation of Wieland’s Oberon, first published in 1940.  (ANBO; DAB: 29 Aug. 2017)

 

Books written (3):

New York: W. C. Armstrong, 1827