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** John Quincy Adams was born in Braintree, Massachusetts on July 11, 1767. His parents were Abigail Adams and John Adams the second president of the United States. He was born into a family with four siblings, although he would have had one more if they survived. Growing up Adams had always enjoyed the outdoors and wilderness and activities like hunting. This might have been a little hard for him to do, because he grew up during the American Revolution. He spent a lot of time in France, though, because his dad was serving as minister to France. Adams was a very smart child when it came to reading and writing. When he was 15 he was the Secretary and Interpreter on the Mission to Russia because his skills in writing and language. **

** When Adams got back he attended to Leiden University and Harvard University for college and he became a lawyer when he graduated. President Washington sent him to the Netherlands to be a minister a little later. In 1797 he became the Minister to Prussia. He returned to the U.S. in 1801 and was elected as Massachusetts senator in 1802. In 1803 he became U.S. senator. Later, Adams got married to and had four kids, Louisa Adams, George Washington Adams, John Adams II, and Charles Francis Adams. In 1830, two years after Adams was defeated by Andrew Jackson when he ran for re-election, he was elected into the House of representatives. He served in it until his death on February 23, 1848. **