John Quincy Adams (/ ˈkwɪnzi / ⓘ; [a] July 11, 1767 – February 23, 1848) was the sixth president of the United States, serving from 1825 to 1829. He previously served as the eighth United States secretary of state from 1817 to 1825.

2025年2月20日 · John Quincy Adams was the sixth president of the United States (1825–29) and son of President John Adams. In his prepresidential years he was one of America’s greatest diplomats (formulating, among other things, what came to be called the Monroe Doctrine), and later as a congressman he fought the expansion of slavery.

John Quincy Adams served as the sixth president of the United States from March 4, 1825, to March 4, 1829. Adams took office following the 1824 presidential election, in which he and three other Democratic-Republicans — Henry Clay, William H. Crawford, and Andrew Jackson —sought the presidency.

When the Adamses returned to Washington, D.C. in 1817, John Quincy Adams served as secretary of state for President James Monroe. He authored the Monroe Doctrine, which declared the United States’ intention to resist European intervention in Latin America.

2023年12月4日 · John Quincy Adams had a remarkable career as a diplomat before becoming President. Some of his notable diplomatic accomplishments include: Treaty of Ghent (1814): Adams played a crucial role in negotiating the Treaty of Ghent, which ended the War of 1812 between the United States and Great Britain.

2014年4月3日 · John Quincy Adams was the sixth president of the United States. He was also the eldest son of President John Adams, the second U.S. president.

2022年5月27日 · John Quincy Adams was the sixth President of the United States from 1825 to 1829, He was the son of John Adams and Abigail Adams and had a long career as a lawyer, diplomat, and politician. He played a key role in helping President James Monroe shape the foreign policy of the United States, which is known as the Monroe Doctrine.

In summary, the country prospered under President John Quincy Adams, but any bigger achievements were blocked by a hostile Congress. John Caldwell Calhoun, by the way, was JQA's vice president. And here some "corrupt bargain election" trivia:

John Quincy Adams (b. July 11, 1767, in Braintree, Massachusetts) was the sixth president of the United States. He served from 1825 to 1829 and died on February 23, 1848, at the age of 80. His father, John Adams, served as the second president of the United States. Adams was a member of the Democratic-Republican Party.

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