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John Quincy Adams (1767-1848) was an American statesman and diplomat who served as the sixth president of the United States (1825-1829). The son of a former president, Adams had a long and distinguished political career both before and after...

Former US president John Quincy Adams, daguerreotype taken by Mathew Brady, c. 1840s. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.

John Adams (1735-1826) was an American lawyer, statesman, and diplomat who was a prominent leader of the American Revolution (1765-1789) before going on to serve as the first vice president (1789-1797) and second president of the United States...

Samuel Adams (1722-1803) was a prominent Patriot leader in the American Revolution (1765-1789), and a Founding Father of the United States. He was one of the most vocal opponents of 'taxation without representation', was a founding member...

Birthplace of John Adams (right) and his son John Quincy Adams (left) in Braintree, Massachusetts, oil painting by G. N. Frankenstein, 1849. National Park Service.

John Quincy Adams as he looked at the age of 29, oil on canvas portrait by John Singleton Copley, 1796. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

John Quincy Adams, a copy by Southworth & Hawes of a lost original daguerreotype by Philip Haas, c. 1843. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

John Quincy Adams as secretary of state; oil on panel by Gilbert Stuart, 1818. White House, Washington, D.C.

The US presidential election of 1800, referred to by Jeffersonians as the Revolution of 1800, was a turning point in the early political history of the United States. It resulted in the victory of Vice President Thomas Jefferson of the Democratic-Republican...

John Hancock (1737-1793) was a merchant, politician, and Founding Father of the United States, who helped lead the Patriot movement during the American Revolution (1765-1789). He served as president of the Second Continental Congress from...