Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
John Quincy Adams II graduated from Harvard University in 1853.
Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
John Quincy Adams II graduated from Harvard University in 1853.
1883
Adams's parents, Charles Francis Adams and Abigail Brooks Adams
John Quincy Adams II was born on September 22, 1833 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States; the son of Charles Francis Adams and Abigail Brown Brooks. He was the grandson of the 6th United States president, John Quincy Adams, after whom he received his name, and the great-grandson of the 2nd president, John Adams.
John Quincy Adams II graduated from Harvard University in 1853.
Attaining an admission to the bar, John Quincy Adams began practicing in Boston. He later established an experimental model farm near Quincy, Massachusetts.
During the Civil War he served on the staff of Governor John Albion Andrew with the rank of colonel.
After the war, before entering the Massachusetts state legislature, Adams held several positions in local offices of Quincy, including town meeting moderator, school board chairman and judge of the local court.
Adams was elected as a Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives four times - in 1865, 1867, 1870 and 1873. Between 1867 – 1871 he ran five times as the Democratic nominee for Governor of Massachusetts, but unsuccessfully.
In 1868, at the Democratic National Convention, Adams received one vote for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States. In 1872, Adams was nominated for vice-president on the "Straight-Out Democratic" ticket but declined.
After losing an election for lieutenant governor in 1873 and again in 1876, Adams refused most further involvement in politics, though he was considered by Grover Cleveland for a cabinet position in 1893.
Early in career Adams was elected to the Massachusetts state legislature as a Republican, but soon switched to the Democratic Party because of his disaffection with Republican Reconstruction policies.
In 1877 Adams was made a member of the Harvard Corporation.
Adams married Frances (Fanny) Cadwalader Crowninshield, the daughter of George and Harriet Sears Crowninshield. The marriage produced six children, among whom were George Caspar Adams and Charles Francis Adams III.
Charles Francis Adams Sr. (August 18, 1807 – November 21, 1886) was an American historical editor, writer, politician, and diplomat. He was a son of President John Quincy Adams and grandson of President John Adams, about whom he wrote a major biography.
Abigail Brooks Adams (April 25, 1808 - June 6, 1889) was the youngest of three daughters of Peter Chardon Brooks and Ann Gorham Brooks. Peter Brooks was one of the wealthiest men in Boston, and he and his wife were highly regarded in Boston society. She passed away at the Peacefield in Quincy, Massachusetts.
Brooks Adams was an American historian, lawyer, philosopher and politician. In his work America's Economic Supremacy (1900), he predicted that New York would become the world trade center.
Henry Brooks Adams was an American historian and author, best known for his History of the United States During the Administrations of Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. He also authored two works of fiction Democracy: An American Novel and Esther and, most famously, the autobiographical The Education of Henry Adams. Throughout his career he was a frequent contributor to American newspapers.
John Quincy Adams (July 11, 1767 – February 23, 1848) was an American statesman, diplomat, lawyer, and diarist who served as the sixth president of the United States from 1825 to 1829.
George Caspar Adams (April 24, 1863 – July 13, 1900) was a former head coach of the Harvard University football program from 1890 to 1892. From 1890 to 1892, he co-coached with George A. Stewart, another Harvard graduate.
Charles Francis "Deacon" Adams III (August 2, 1866 – June 10, 1954) was an American politician. He was a member of the prominent American Adams family, was the United States Secretary of the Navy under President Herbert Hoover and a well-known yachtsman.
(1862–1876)
(1873–1876)
Arthur Charles Adams (1877–1943) served as vice president of the Adams Trust Company, the Colony Trust and the New England Trust Company.
(1879–1974)
