John Quincy Adams birthplace
42.239136°N 71.003600°W

The home in which John Quincy Adams was born.

John Quincy Adams was born on July 11, 1767 at this location in Braintree, MA.

John Quincy Adams was the sixth president of the United States and the son of the second president, John Adams. His political career began when George Washington appointed him Minister to the Netherlands in 1794 at the age of 26 and to Portugal in 1796. When his father became president he was appointed Minister to Prussia in 1797, and about this time, he married Louisa Catherine Johnson.

Once he returned, Adams was elected to the Massachusetts State Senate in 1802. He was elected to the United States Senate in 1803. During his time as a senator, he became a professor of rhetoric at Harvard. Once James Madison became president, Adams was appointed as the first Minister to Russia and later became the Secretary of the Cabinet under James Monroe’s presidency. And in 1825, he was elected President of the United States but lost a second term to Andrew Jackson. He returned to Massachusetts where he was elected to the United States House of Representatives. While serving on the floor of the senate he collapsed and died shortly after.

John Quincy Adams Birthplace

The John Quincy Adams Birthplace, in Quincy, Massachusetts, is the saltbox home in which United States President John Quincy Adams was born in 1767. The birthplace of Adams' father, President John Adams, is only a few feet away, on the same property.

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John Quincy Adams Birthplace
• McCullough, D., 2001, John Adams: Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, New York, 751p.