Born: July 11, 1767

Died: February 23, 1848

First Lady: Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams

Political Party: Democratic-Republican

Presidential Term: March 4, 1825 to March 3, 1829

Famous Quote: “America does not go abroad in search of monsters to destroy. She is the well-wisher to freedom and independence of all. She is the champion and vindicator only of her own.”

Timeline

1787 Graduated from Harvard

1794-1797 U.S. minister to the Netherlands

1797 Married Louisa Catherine Johnson

1797-1801 U.S. minister to Prussia

1803-1808 U.S. senator from Massachusetts

1809-1814 U.S. minister to Russia

1814 Chief negotiator for Treaty of Ghent

1815-1817 U.S. minister to Great Britain

1817-1825 Secretary of state

1825-1829 Sixth president of the United States

1830-1848 U.S. representative from Massachusetts