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John
Quincy Adams
Statesman, 6th President, Congressman
1767-1848
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Old Man Eloquent
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Born in Quincy,
Mass, he was raised and educated by his distinguished father, John
Adams, and his gifted mother, Abigail. Trained in languages and well
travelled, he rose through the diplomatic ranks serving as ambassador
in the Hague, Berlin, as the first ambassador to Russia, and as ambassador
to England before becoming US Secretary of State in 1817 serving through
the entirety of both Monroe terms.
Chosen president by the House of Representatives after a single party
election failed to produce a constitutional majority. His policies
emphasized creating national infrastructures (national bank, transportation
systems, and tariffs) to encourage prosperity under the country's
still new freedoms. The Quincy Adams administration was strongly opposed
by political opponents and pro-slavery advocates, and lasted a single
term.
Unexpectedly, in 1830, Massachusetts' Plymouth district elected him
to the House of Representatives, and there for the remainder of his
life he served as a powerful leader and civil right advocate. He argued
the famous Amistad case before the US Supreme Court in 1841. In 1848,
he collapsed on the floor of the US House from a stroke, and died
several days later.
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