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John Quincy Adams
Secretary of State,
Term of Appointment:
03/05/1817 to
03/03/1825
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- Born in Braintree (now Quincy), Massachusetts, July 11, 1767;
- Studied in France and the Netherlands;
- Served briefly as private secretary to the American Minister to Russia in 1781;
- Secretary to his father during the peace negotiations with Great Britain 1782-1783;
- Graduated from Harvard University in 1787;
- Admitted to the bar in 1790 and practiced in Boston;
- Served as Minister Resident to the Netherlands, 1794-1797;
- Married Louisa Catherine Johnson in 1797;
- Served as Minister to Prussia, 1797-1801;
- Elected to the Massachusetts Senate in 1802;
- Senator from Massachusetts 1803-1808;
- Professor of rhetoric and oratory at Harvard University, 1806-1809;
- Served as Minister to Russia 1809-1814; was head of the Commission that negotiated the Treaty of Ghent with Great Britain in 1814;
- Served as Minister to Great Britain, 1815-1817;
- Commissioned Secretary of State in President Monroe's Cabinet March 5, 1817;
- Secretary of State from September 22, 1817 until March 3, 1825;
- As Secretary of State, negotiated the treaty of 1819 with Spain for the cession of the Floridas and collaborated with the President in the formulation of the Monroe Doctrine;
- President of the United States, 1825-1829;
- Representative from Massachusetts, 1831-1848;
- Author of many writings and speeches and a notable diary covering half a century;
- Died in the Capitol, Washington, DC, February 23, 1848.
Released on July 15, 2003
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