John Quincy Adams ~ July 11, 1767 - February 23, 1848

6th President, 1825 - 1829
John Quincy Adams sites visited: 
Peacefield was owned by four generations of Adams, starting with John Quincy's father, John Adams. John and Abigail bought the property in 1788.
John Quincy was Secretary of State from 1817-1825 during Monroe's Presidency. He then ran for President against three other Republicans. With no clear winner, the House of Representatives chose John Quincy for President. He took the oath of office on a book of constitutional law rather than a Bible. And his father, John, lived long enough to see his son elected President. Unfortunately, John Quincy lost his re-election to Andrew Jackson. But then, unique so far to all former Presidents, John Quincy ran for the House of Representatives in 1830 and served for 17 years, until his death. 
He had a stroke on the house floor and died two days later. The place where his desk stood is forever memorialized in Statuary Hall, which once was the House Chamber in Washington D.C.
His statue in the City of Presidents, Rapids City, South Dakota:
His body was held in the Public Vault in the Congressional Cemetery for about a week before he was buried in the family plot in Hancock Cemetery in Quincy, Massachusetts. In 1852, the remains of John Quincy and his wife Louisa were moved to the crypt in United First Parish Church, joining John and Abigail Adams who were moved there in 1828. The Church of Presidents still honors the Adams family pew.
The crypt below the sanctuary.
John Quincy and his father were the only two Presidents of the first twelve that never owned slaves.
"Always vote for principle though you may vote alone..."

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