In 1809, President James Madison, a member of the Democratic-Republican Party, appointed Adams as the U.S. Federalist leaders in Massachusetts arranged for Adams's election to the United States Senate in 1802, but Adams broke with the Federalist Party over foreign policy and was denied re-election. ambassador to the Netherlands, and Adams would serve in high-ranking diplomatic posts until 1801, when Thomas Jefferson took office as president. In 1794, President George Washington appointed Adams as the U.S. After returning to the United States, Adams established a successful legal practice in Boston. Initially a Federalist like his father, he won election to the presidency as a member of the Democratic-Republican Party, and in the mid-1830s became affiliated with the Whig Party.īorn in Braintree, Massachusetts (now part of the town of Quincy), Adams spent much of his youth in Europe, where his father served as a diplomat. president from 1797 to 1801, and First Lady Abigail Adams.
He was the eldest son of John Adams, who served as the second U.S. During his long diplomatic and political career, Adams also served as an ambassador, and as a member of the United States Senate and House of Representatives representing Massachusetts.
He previously served as the 8th United States Secretary of State from 1817 to 1825. John Quincy Adams ( / ˈ k w ɪ n z i/ ( listen) J– February 23, 1848) was an American statesman, diplomat, lawyer, and diarist, who served as the 6th president of the United States from 1825 to 1829.
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