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John Quincy Adams

By: Marie Thoreson

The sixth president of the United States was John Quincy Adams. He is the son of John Adams, the 2nd president of the United States. In this report I am going to talk about John Quincy Adams. He was born in Braintree, Massachusetts on July 11th, 1767. When he was growing up he had five siblings, two brothers and three sisters. His sisters were Abigail Adams Smith, Susanna Adams, and Elizabeth Adams. Charles and Thomas Boylston Adams were his brothers. John Quincy Adams spouse was Louisa Adams and she was First Lady of the United States from 1825 to 1829. John Quincy Adams had four children with his wife. They had three sons and only one daughter. Their names were Louisa, George, John, and Charles. His father was John Adams and his mother was Abigail Adams.

John Quincy Adams had grown up during the time of the American Revolution. Also, when he was just a kid, he sometimes watched the …show more content…

It was held from Tuesday, October 26th, to Thursday, December 2nd, 1824. On February 9th, 1825, John Quincy Adams was elected president. The election was the first election where the popular vote was counted. Also, it is the first election where the candidate, that receives more than the others but doesn’t receive an absolute majority of electoral votes, doesn’t become the President. It was the first time where the House of Representatives decided the election. After the election, Andrew Jackson and his supporters said the election of John Quincy Adams was a corrupt bargain. So this is how John Quincy got elected: In 1824, the election ended without any person receiving a majority (the number in which the votes for one party or candidate exceed those of the next rank) in the Electoral College, the House of Representatives then awarded the election of the new president to the one and only John Quincy

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