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John Quincy Adams
6th President of the United States

John Quincy Adams

1825-1829

Vice President:  John C. Calhoun (1825-29)
Born:  July 11, 1767, in Braintree (now Quincy), Massachusetts
Died:  February 23, 1848, in Washington, D.C.
Career/Occupation:  Lawyer
Religion:  Unitarian
Education:  Graduated from Harvard College (1787)
Political Party:  Democratic-Republican
Nickname(s):  "Old Man Eloquent"
Other Government Positions: 

• Secretary to U.S. Minister to Russia, 1781
• Minister to the Netherlands, 1794
• Minister to Prussia, 1797-1801
• United States Senator, 1803-08
• Minister to Russia, 1809-11
• Peace Commissioner at Treaty of Ghent, 1814
• Secretary of State, 1817-25 (under Monroe)
• Member of U.S. House of Representatives, 1831-48

Presidential Salary: $25,000/year


Presidential Firsts:

• First President to be the son of another President.
• First President whose father lived to see him become president. 
• First President to have a son marry at the White House. 
• First President elected despite receiving fewer votes than his opponent. 
• First President to not win a majority of electoral votes. 
• First President to have facial hair. 
• First President to have been inaugurated wearing long trousers instead of knee breeches. 
• First President to serve in Congress after serving in the Presidency. 
• First President to be succeeded by a President older than him. 
• First President to have been Ambassador to the Netherlands, Germany, and Russia.