John Quincy Adams was the sixth president of the United States. He was also the eldest son of President John Adams, the second U.S. president.

• John Quincy Adams was an American statesman, diplomat, lawyer, and diarist who served as the sixth president of the United States from 1825 to 1829. He previously served as the eighth United States Secretary of State from 1817 to 1825.
• Born: July 11, 1767, Braintree, MA
• Died: February 23, 1848, Washington, D.C.
• Presidential term: March 4, 1825 – March 4, 1829
• Spouse: Louisa Adams (m. 1797–1848)
• Vice president: John C. Calhoun (1825–1829)
• Children: George Washington Adams, Charles Francis Adams Sr., John Adams II, Louisa Catherine Adams
• Philip Haas took this daguerrotype of John Quincy Adams in 1843.
• First president to be the son of another president.
• First president whose father lived to see him become president.
• First president to have a son marry at the White House.
• First president elected despite receiving fewer votes than his opponent.
• First president to not win a majority of electoral votes.
• First president to have facial hair.
• First president to have been inaugurated wearing long trousers instead of knee breeches.
• First president to serve in Congress after serving in the presidency.
• First president to be succeeded by a president older than him.
• First president to have been ambassador to the Netherlands, Germany, and Russia.
• First president to marry a foreigner. (He married English-born Louisa Adams.)