Family Life of John Quincy Adams

M. Shoshany 20y
Research Project December 1, 2007


Family Life of John Quincy Adams



John Adams, born in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, was the husband of Abigail Smith Adams. One of their four children was named John Quincy. The lives of both John Adams and John Quincy Adams were very much the same. This essay provides many facts about John Quincy Adams, and his family life.

John Quincy Adams, born in Braintree, Massachusetts in 1767, was a very bright student. Adams’s education began in the village school, then he was taught at home by his mother. He became a linguist and constant diarist after graduating from Harvard College. Little Adams fell in love with Louisa Catherine Johnson and married her in 1797. Quincy Adams had four children, three sons and one daughter: George Washington Adams (1801-29); John Adams (1803-34); Charles Francis Adams (1807-86); Louisa Catherine Adams (1811-12). Together, Quincy Adams, his wife and their children had a great life in Boston.

John Quincy Adams grew up as a child of the American Revolution, which occurred when he was seven years old. This was one of the reasons why he became so interested in politics. Quincy Adams later began his career as a lawyer. In 1802 he was elected to the United States Senate and six years later, President Madison promoted him to Minister of Russia.

John Quincy Adams died from a stroke at age ­­­­­­eighty-one on February 21, 1848. Louisa died in Washington in 1852 and was buried next to her husband. Quincy Adams was an influential figure and was very important to the development of the early United States.

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