John Quincy Adams (1767–1848)
John Quincy Adams was secretary of state (1817–1825) and President of the United States (1825–1829) during Bushrod Washington's last twelve years as an associate justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.
John Quincy Adams, the eldest son of John Adams and Abigail Smith Adams, was born on 11 July 1767 in Braintree (now Quincy), Massachusetts. He received much of his early education abroad, having accompanied his father to his diplomatic posts in Europe. Following graduation from Harvard in 1787, he practiced law in Boston. In 1794 he served as minister to the Netherlands, and in 1797 married Louisa Catherine Johnson, the daughter of the first U.S. Consul to Great Britain; they would have three sons reach maturity.
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