John Quincy Adams

Sort By:
Page 1 of 50 - About 500 essays
  • Decent Essays

    John Quincy Adams John Quincy Adams was the 6th President of the United States of America, and served from 1825 to 1829. John Quincy Adams was born on July 11, 1767 in Braintree, Massachusetts, which is now known as Quincy, Massachusetts. John Quincy Adams was the son of John and Abigail Adams. He had 5 siblings whose names were Abigail, Susanna, Charles, Thomas Boylston, and Elizabeth(stillborn). When an adult, John Q. Adams, married Louisa Catherine Johnson. They had of total of four kids

    • 437 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Good Essays

    United States of America named, John Quincy Adams. John Quincy Adams was born on July 11, 1767 in the town of Braintree, Massachusetts, which is now called Quincy, Massachusetts. Quincy is known as the "City of Presidents" because John Quincy and his father, John Adams both grew up in Quincy. However the town is named after Colonel John Quincy, who is Abigail Adams Father. Abigail Adams is John Quincy Adams mother, she named her son after her father. President Adams did not go to school as a child

    • 1051 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Decent Essays

    impeccable stature for the sake of love, John Quincy Adams was the Democratic- Republican president of the United States of America. The 6th president was born in 1767 at Massachusetts in a throng of grandeur to one of the founding fathers and President, John Adams and his beloved cardinal mother Abigail Adams. John Quincy graduated from Harvard as a Lawyer but decided to pursue his career in Foreign Service as a young diplomat. After dozens of years in Politics, John Quincy became the President but unlike

    • 781 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Decent Essays

    president to defend the Amistad will be John Quincy Adams, the son of John Adams (2nd president) and the 6th president. In a letter to Roger S. Baldwin, a governor of Connecticut, John Quincy Adams appears to question the United States Supreme Court. The letter supports that a divide in the government lingered and that people like John Quincy Adams seemed to not trust the Supreme Court to make the “right” decision. It’s the year 1841, and John Quincy Adams would be set to defend a group of Africans

    • 957 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Did you know that John Quincy Adams is the most fit president because he walked three miles every day ? These facts are really interesting! To learn about John Quincy Adams. During his childhood these are some important events that happened. A little boy was born on July 11, 1767 in Braintree, Massachusetts. This little boy’s name is John Quincy Adams. When John was 10, he went with his father to France on a mission and acted as his father’s secretary. Also, from a hilltop near the family farm

    • 709 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Good Essays

    John Quincy Adams Essay

    • 1564 Words
    • 7 Pages

    John Quincy Adams John Quincy Adams was the only son of a president to become president. He had an impressive political background that began at the age of fourteen. He was an intelligent and industrious individual. He was a man of strong character and high principles. By all account, his presidency should have been a huge success, yet it wasn't. John Quincy Adams' presidency was frustrating and judged a failure because of the scandal, attached to his election, the pettiness of his political

    • 1564 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    John Quincy Adams’ presidency is often called unsuccessful. There are many reasons why, but one stands out the most, how he became President. There were four candidates running for President in the Election of 1824, there was John Quincy Adams who had support in New England, Henry Clay and Andrew Jackson who had support in the West, and William Crawford who was favored in the South who was too ill to campaign. According to The American Nation Andrew Jackson was viewed as a man of the people while

    • 393 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Decent Essays

    There were four contenders for the presidency in 1824, each backed by a different section of the country. John Quincy Adams was the son of the second President, John Adams. He was backed by the northern part of the country, particularly New England. The South, and Henry Clay backed William Crawford by those in the West. Andrew Jackson, the military hero, was the final contender. Although Jackson won the popular vote, the people’s vote, he did not get enough electoral votes to win the election. In

    • 543 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Better Essays

    John Quincy Adams By: Marie Thoreson The sixth president of the United States was John Quincy Adams. He is the son of John Adams, the 2nd president of the United States. In this report I am going to talk about John Quincy Adams. He was born in Braintree, Massachusetts on July 11th, 1767. When he was growing up he had five siblings, two brothers and three sisters. His sisters were Abigail Adams Smith, Susanna Adams, and Elizabeth Adams. Charles and Thomas Boylston Adams were his brothers. John

    • 1072 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Better Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    John Quincy Adams was not only a US President but also the son of a US President. John Quincy Adams was groomed by his family to follow in his father's footsteps, and he did. One of Adams' closest advisers boasts of the president's ability to maintain his beliefs in both his private and public spheres. Adams' closest adviser praises the consistent behavior: "[Adams'] character is the same behind closed doors as it is before his public" (Reynolds 132). John Quincy Adams was an American statesmen who

    • 259 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
Previous
Page12345678950