JOHN QUINCY ADAMS 1767 1848 SIXTH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES ADAMS JOHN QUINCY 1767 1848 U.S GOV'T EXECUTIVE U.S GOV'T LEGISLATIVE U.S GOVERNMENT AND CONSTITUTION JOHN ADAMS BORN IN QUINCY MASSACHUSETTS JOHN QUINCY ADAMS WAS THE SON OF JOHN ADAMS JOHN QUINCY ADAMS STUDIED LAW AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY AND BECAME A LAWYER IN 1790 HE WAS APPOINTED DIPLOMATIC MINISTER TO THE NETHERLANDS IN 1794 AND TO PRUSSIA IN 1796 HE WAS ELECTED TO THE MASSACHUSETTS SENATE IN 1801 AND TWO YEARS LATER TO THE U.S SENATE IN 1809 AT THE END OF HIS FIRST TERM IN THE SENATE ADAMS BECAME THE MINISTER TO RUSSIA A POST THAT HE HELD UNTIL 1811 IN 1814 HE SERVED AS ONE OF THE NEGOTIATORS OF THE TREATY OF GHENT WHICH ENDED THE WAR OF 1812 IN 1815 HE WAS APPOINTED MINISTER TO GREAT BRITAIN ADAMS SERVED AS SECRETARY OF STATE UNDER PRESIDENT JAMES MONROE FROM 1817 TO 1825 HE HELPED NEGOTIATE WITH GREAT BRITAIN IN 1818 TO DETERMINE THE NORTHERN U.S BORDER IN 1825 ADAMS WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT AS A DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICAN BUT HE WAS DEFEATED FOR RE ELECTION IN 1828 BY ANDREW JACKSON IN 1830 ADAMS WAS ELECTED TO THE U.S HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES WHERE HE OPPOSED THE EXPANSION OF SLAVES ADAMS DIED OF A CEREBRAL STROKE DURING A DEBATE ON THE HOUSE FLOOR IN 1848
