John Quincy Adams
I. John Quincy Adams (July 11, 1767 – February 23, 1848)
II. Born in Quincy, (was Braintree) Massachusetts. It has a significance that he could watch the Bunker Hill battle near his family’s house hill.It also significance in that he could study in Harvard College in Massachusetts, which he graduated in 2 years. The state he ran for office was also Massachusetts, where he was chosen state senate for Massachusetts. This has some relation to that he was born in that state because he could be appointed professor in Massachusetts, other many accomplishments, etc.
III. Education and Occupational background - He was educated in Harvard College in Massachusetts. He graduated after 2 years, studying law practices. He later set up a law practice in Boston which could be considered as the first step in to the law as well as political statutes. When member of senate, he also served as a professor of logic at Brown University.He spent much of his youth following his father overseas. He acquired an education at institutions such as Leiden University. He studied several languages, being fluent in French and Dutch German as well as other European languages . He graduated Harvard at year of1787 Bachelor of Arts Degree. He later got M.A. from Harvard University. This has a significance in Quincy’s career in that he was a successful diplomat. He could gain experience with Traveling around the sea with his father , and his linguistic excellence also helped quincy with his career as a politician too.
IV. Dates of Term or terms of office.
Adams served as Secretary of State in the Cabinet of President James Monroe from 1817 until 1825. Typically, his views concurred with those espoused by Monroe. As Secretary of State, he negotiated the Adams–Onís Treaty (which acquired Florida for the United States), the Treaty of 1818, and wrote the Monroe Doctrine. Many historians regard him as one of the greatest Secretaries of State