Show History Birthday of Jolt JOHN N r CY ADAMS July 1 11 t 1 John Quincy Adams the thc president lIt of the thue United States 1 was born in Braintree Brain Brain- tree Iree now Quincy Massachusetts I on on oil July 11 Il 11 1776 He Het was t taken by hy his huh father tutu olin Adams i on nit his mission mis ion sion to France when he lie a was but hut butten ten years Cars old During hui hi his lathers lather's mission in uI Europe Adams Adam attended the leading leadin schools and studied French and Lat Latin iii and auth t lie lite classics He lie also served ser for two years at atthe atthe atthe the age of fourteen as secretary to In Francis Dana lana at St. St Petersburg hul Russia Upon Ulion the thuc appointment of his Iris father as Minister to England Adams returned i to 10 the United States and ami entered J I Harvard university uni Ir sity graduating in iii 1787 1737 Three Thrle years ears later he lie was admitted to the bar At the age e of 27 be lue was sent by President Washington as Minister Min i ister ter to 10 the Netherlands and later hater to Berlin In 1801 be lie began heg-an the practice of law in Boston I In ii rapid succession he lie held the following positions U. U S. S senator from Mass the chair of rhetoric and amI oratory oraton in us Harvard college Minister Minis linis ter er to St St. Petersburg Minister to England Englan secretary of state J In iii n 1824 I he was one of the candidates for forthe forthe forthe the presidency of oC the United States On the occasion of the election election elec elec- tion lion Adams received 8 84 votes J Jackson received cd 91 and Crawford and Clay reec received ed 41 and 37 respectively There being bein no ma majority majority majority the thic election was tas thrown into the house of representatives es and antI Adams was va elected His tion was very unpopular r In n the middle of his Isis term a large hostile majority was elected in us congress ress for the first time in itt the history of the country The following campaign cam cam- was vas filled with bitter biller and resulted in ill the election of Jackson The next year Adams was tas elected to the time House of by a Massachusetts district and was reelected every two years for the thuc remainder of his life He lie was rc regarded as a a a- afree free lance in congress lie He supported or opposed measures according to his own con convictions and regardless of their I support rt 11 He lIe l contended lell 1 t tor r tl-c tl m of tI petition v I t t h 1 t cr en t. t to lo tie IK- d 1 K hI Mt- Mt i s 1 lie Ill he td tlc of pf man Vt m the thu a He igi I of f 1 he h hea a as ii l ith it bu hai i 1 H 11 I nI rol ur tf 0 1 sufficiently I to tn ta take l' l hi his hisk Mit k It ii m in 11 1 t the tic tIl ne I 11 I Iu h u nai 11 a u After flue responding r O to h ruth roll ca tall rail 11 in ill I the hr 1 11 House I oUse on nn t 2 1 1 1 14 4 he Ill it suffered another stroke Irle from I tin lIlt u t tt ot ol 11 which hid t he d died 1 nur 23 J. J |