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Two presidential children, John Quincy Adams and George W. Bush, have become president in their own right. John Scott Harrison is the only person to be both a child of a U.S. president and a parent of another U.S. president, being a son of William Henry Harrison and the father of Benjamin Harrison.
John Adams (October 30, 1735 – July 4, 1826) was an American Founding Father who served as the second president of the United States from 1797 to 1801. Before his presidency, he was a leader of the American Revolution that achieved independence from Great Britain.
First president to have a child (John Quincy Adams) serve as president of the United States. [39] First president to live to the age of 90. [i] [36] First president to have signed the Declaration of Independence. [40] First president to have visited Europe. [41] First president to meet a reigning British monarch. [41]
John Adams (1735–1826), second president of the United States, married Abigail Adams (née Smith) (1744–1818). [ 10 ] John Quincy Adams (1767–1848), sixth president of the United States, married English-born Louisa Adams (née Johnson) (1775–1852).
Adams County, Iowa, and Adams County, Wisconsin, were each named for either John Adams or John Quincy Adams. Some sources contend that in 1843 Adams sat for the earliest confirmed photograph of a United States president, although others maintain that William Henry Harrison had posed even earlier for his portrait, in 1841. [241]
The cornerstone for the White House was laid in 1792, but construction took eight years, so for much of his time in office President John Adams lived and worked — along with the rest of the ...
John Quincy Adams 6th president (1825–1829) July 11, 1767 – February 23, 1848 Louisa Catherine Johnson: 6th president of the United States Father of: George Washington Adams (1801–1829) John Adams II (1803–1834) Unnamed Son (1806) Charles Francis Adams Sr. (1807–1886) Louisa Catherine Adams (1811–1812) Susanna Adams Nickname: Suky
In 1788, she and John Adams bought Peacefield – now part of the Adams National Historical Park. President Harry Truman once quipped that Abigail Adams would have been a better president than her ...