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Definition: Adams, John Quincy from Philip's Encyclopedia

Sixth US president (1825-29), son of the second president John Adams. He served in his father's administration, before acting (1803-08) as a Federalist Party member in the US Senate. Adams was secretary of state (1817-24) for James Monroe. He was largely responsible for formulating the Monroe Doctrine and negotiating the Adams-Onís Treaty (1819). Adams became president without a majority, his appointment confirmed by the House of Representatives. His lack of a mandate and non-partisan approach led to his electoral defeat by Andrew Jackson. He served in the House of Representatives (1830-48).

ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY

From Encyclopedia of U.S. Political History
1767-1848 Sixth President of the United States The political career of John Quincy Adams spanned 70 years, from the American Revolution to the Mexican War. A foundational figure in American foreign policy, Adams represented the U.S. government as minister plenipotentiary to the Netherlands, Prussia, Russia, and Great Britain; helped negotiate the end of the War of 1812; and was the chief architect of the Monroe Doctrine. As secretary of state he extended the nation's borders to the Pacific Ocean with the Transcontinental Treaty of 1819, but in his later years as president and in Congress, he sought to contain the forces that territorial expansion had unleashed on the United States, particularly the spread of slavery. Exceptionally brilliant and eternally stubborn, Adams was a politician without a party, a man who refused to countenance any course of action he did not fully support. He both aggravated friends and surprised enemies with his overwhelming desire to always act in what he…
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From The Great American History Fact-Finder
Sixth president of the United States (1825–29). Born to John Adams and Abigail Adams in Braintree, Massachusetts, Adams was immersed in politics at an early age. As a teenager, he traveled in Europe with his diplomat father and attended European schools. After graduating from Harvard, he served as…
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Full text Article John Quincy Adams: Defending the Amistad Slaves, February 24, 1841

From Ripples of Hope: Great American Civil Rights Speeches
In February 1839, violating all existing treaties, Portuguese slave hunters abducted a group of Africans from Sierra Leone and shipped them to Havana, Cuba, which at the time was a thriving center for the Atlantic slave trade. Britain, France, Portugal, and even the United States had outlawed the…
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Full text Article Adams, John Quincy

From Encyclopedia of Emancipation and Abolition in the Transatlantic World
As a U.S. congressman, John Quincy Adams led...
American president, diplomat, secretary of state, and congressman, John Quincy Adams was neither an abolitionist nor an advocate of emancipation. Yet during his congressional years, Adams was a strong voice against slavery and the slave trade. In the course of his distinguished career, Adams opposed…
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Full text Article Adams, John Quincy

From Philip's Encyclopedia
Sixth US president (1825-29), son of the second president John Adams . He served in his father's administration, before acting (1803-08) as a Federalist Party member in the US Senate. Adams was secretary of state (1817-24) for James Monroe . He was largely responsible for formulating the Monroe…
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Full text Article ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY (1767-1848)

From Encyclopedia of Free Blacks and People of Color in the Americas
U.S. diplomat and sixth president of the United States (1825-1829 ) Born in Braintree, Massachusetts, on July 11, 1767, John Quincy Adams was the sixth president of the United States, serving from 1825 to 1829. Prior to the presidency, he had served in numerous diplomatic posts and as secretary of…
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Full text Article Adams, John Quincy (1767–1848),

From The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Military and Diplomatic History
sixth president of the United States. Born in Quincy, Massachusetts, the son of John Adams and Abigail Adams, John Quincy Adams graduated from Harvard College in 1787. Apart from a brief interlude practicing law in Massachusetts, he spent almost his entire adult life in public service and politics. …
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Full text Article ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY (1767-1848)

From The Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of the American Enlightenment
John Quincy Adams, the sixth president of the United States, was a statesman, diplomat, and scholar, whose ideas about politics were culled from the rich intellectual milieu of the American Enlightenment. Adams's published writings spanned political, literary, philosophic, scientific, and…
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Full text Article Adams, John Quincy (1767–1848)

From Encyclopedia of Cuban-United States Relations
John Quincy Adams was a U.S. statesman who served as a senator to the national Congress from the state of Massachusetts prior to becoming secretary of state (1817–1823) and president (1825–1829), after which he was continuously elected to the House of Representatives until his death. Although…
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US politician and sixth President. Ambassador to Europe and Secretary of State under Monroe, he negotiated the acquisition of Florida from Spain, before becoming President (1825). He failed to win re-election but continued to oppose slavery as a congressman. Fiat justitia, pereat coelum. My toast…
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Full text Article Adams, John Quincy (1767 to 1848)

From Chambers Dictionary of World History
US politician and 6th President. The son of John Adams , he studied at Harvard, and was admitted to the Bar in 1790. He had an extensive and brilliant diplomatic career between 1794 and 1817, except when he served in the US Senate (1803–8). As Secretary of State under James Monroe , he negotiated…
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