Adams, John Quincy II
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| born on | 22 September 1833 at 23:50 (= 11:50 PM ) | ||||
| Place | Boston, Massachusetts, 42n22, 71w04 | ||||
| Timezone | LMT m71w04 (is local mean time) | ||||
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| Astrology data |   29°54'   26°49 Asc. 19°23'
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Biography
American lawyer and politician.
Adams was the son of Charles Francis Adams Sr and Abigail Brown Brooks, the grandson and namesake of President John Quincy Adams and the great-grandson of President John Adams. He graduated from Harvard University in 1853, studied law, attained admission to the bar, and practiced in Boston. He later established an experimental model farm near Quincy, Massachusetts. Adams married Frances (Fanny) Cadwalader Crowninshield (1839–1911).
During the Civil War he served on the staff of Governor John Andrew with the rank of Colonel.
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. He served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1865, 1867, 1870 and 1873.
Adams received one vote for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States at the 1868 Democratic National Convention. In 1872 the faction of Democrats that refused to support Horace Greeley nominated Charles O'Conor for president and John Quincy Adams II for vice-president on the "straight Democratic" ticket. They declined, but their names remained on the ballot in some states. After losing an election for lieutenant governor in 1876, Adams refused most further involvement in politics, though he was considered by Grover Cleveland for a cabinet position in 1893.
He died on August 14, 1894 in Quincy.
Relationships
- child->parent relationship with Adams, Charles Francis Sr. (born 18 August 1807)
- sibling relationship with Adams, Brooks (born 24 June 1848)
- sibling relationship with Adams, Charles Francis Jr. (born 27 May 1835)
- sibling relationship with Kuhn, Louisa Catherine Adams (born 13 August 1831)
- other kin relationship with Adams, John (born 30 October 1735)
- other kin relationship with Adams, John Quincy (born 11 July 1767)
Events
Source Notes
Sy Scholfield quotes his grandfather's diary published on the Massachusetts Historical Society website: "23 [September 1833] . . . last night about ten minutes to twelve O'Clock his wife was delivered of a son." [1].
Categories
- Vocation : Law : Attorney
- Vocation : Politics : Public office
