John Quincy Adams was born in 1767 in Braintree, Massachusetts. He was the first president who was the son of a president, and in many ways his career was very similar to that of his father, John Adams. He became a lawyer after graduating from Harvard College. He started becoming active in politics at an early age, and by the age of twenty-six was serving as a representative between the United States and Netherlands.

John Quincy Adams was elected to the United States Senate in 1802. Adams served under President Monroe and has been considered one of the greatest Secretaries of State in U.S. History. During his time as Secretary of State he assisted in many major events such as a joint occupation of Oregon with England and the United States, but his most important event was helping to create the Monroe Doctrine.

Adams became president from the election of 1824. There was lot of arguing among the people because of the way the election had been handled. Adams, the candidate of the north, didn't have as many electoral and popular votes as Andrew Jackson, but the top three candidates didn't have the majority of the votes. So, the House of Representatives made the decision, and they picked John Quincy Adams.

Adams lost his re-election campaign against Andrew Jackson, but in 1830, he was elected to the House of Representatives where he fought against changes in legislation that would limit freedoms of speech, partnership, etc.

John Quincy Adams died of a stroke while serving for the House of Representatives in 1848 and was buried in Quincy, Massachusetts.