- John Quincy Adams was an American statesman who served as the sixth President of the United States from 1825 to 1829
| Born: | 11 July 1767 Comment | | When did John Quincy Adams die? / Died | 23 February 1848 | | How many years did John Quincy Adams live? / Lived | 80 years | | Zodiac sign: | Cancer |
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John Quincy Adams facts
- He also served as a diplomat, a Senator and member of the House of Representatives
- He was a member of the Federalist, Democratic-Republican, National Republican, and later Anti-Masonic and Whig parties
- In his biography, Samuel Flagg Bemis argues that Adams was able to "gather together, formulate, and practice the fundamentals of American foreign-policy – self-determination, independence, noncolonization, nonintervention, nonentanglement in European politics, Freedom of the Seas, [and] freedom of commerce
- John Quincy Adams was the son of President John Adams and Abigail Adams
- As a diplomat, Adams played an important role in negotiating key treaties, most notably the Treaty of Ghent, which ended the War of 1812
- As Secretary of State, he negotiated with Britain over the United States' northern border with Canada, negotiated with Spain the annexation of Florida, and drafted the Monroe Doctrine
- Historians agree he was one of the greatest diplomats and secretaries of state in American history
- Adams was elected president in a close and controversial four-way contest in 1824
- As president he sought to modernize the American economy and promote education
- Adams enacted a part of his agenda and paid off much of the national debt
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