John Quincy Adams State of Residency: Massachusetts Appointment: Mar 5, 1817 Entry on Duty: Sep 22, 1817 Termination of Appointment: Mar 3, 1825 Presidency: Monroe

As Secretary of State:

• Negotiated the treaty of 1819 with Spain for the cession of the Floridas

• Collaborated with the President in the formulation of the Monroe Doctrine

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Born: July 11, 1767
Died: February 23, 1848
Married: Louisa Catherine Johnson
Education: studied in France and the Netherlands; Harvard University
Occupation: Lawyer

Government Positions: 

• Private Secretary to the American Minister to Russia 1781

• Secretary to his father during peace negotiations with Great Britain 1782-1783

• Minister Resident to the Netherlands 1794-1797

• Minister to Prussia 1797-1801

• Elected to the Massachusetts Senate in 1802

• Senator from Massachusetts 1803-1808

• Minister to Russia 1809-1814

• Head of the commission that negotiated the Treaty of Ghent with great Britain in 1814

• Minister to Great Britain 1815-1817

• President of the United States 1825-1829

• Representative from Massachusetts 1831-1848

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