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Early Life of John Adams
Law Studies
Adams was certain that he was destined for greatness, in spite of his perceived disadvantages. One month later, on August 21, 1756, John signed a contract with James Putnam, a young attorney from Worcester, to study law for two years. The following month, John moved in with Putnam to pursue his career in law while continuing to teach at the Worcester schoolhouse. He devoured the legal texts Putnam lent him, and in no time he had breezed through several legal books that would become crucial to his understanding of English law, and constitutional rights.
In the autumn of 1758, Adams finished his two year contract with Putnam and moved back to Braintree to establish a legal practice of his own. But he continued to read legal texts voraciously. He was full of opinions, he would recall, but “I was young and then very bashful.” But still Adams had faith in his own star, and believing he was destined for greatness, he attended court where he witnessed the two leading attorneys of the day; Jeremiah Gridley and James Otis Jr. argue their cases. Adams exuberantly explained to a friend, “I had the pleasure to sit and hear the greatest lawyers, orators, in short the greatest men in America, haranguing at the bar, and on the bench.” Indeed, John was
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John Quincy Adams
President of the United States from 1825 to 1829
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John Quincy Adams | |
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Portrait c. 1843–1848 | |
In office March 4, 1825 – March 4, 1829 | |
Vice President | John C. Calhoun |
Preceded by | James Monroe |
Succeeded by | Andrew Jackson |
In office September 22, 1817 – March 3, 1825 | |
President | James Monroe |
Preceded by | James Monroe |
Succeeded by | Henry Clay |
In office April 22, 1844 – February 23, 1848 | |
Preceded by | Dixon Hall Lewis |
Succeeded by | James Iver McKay |
In office March 4, 1831 – February 23, 1848 | |
Preceded by | Joseph Richardson |
Succeeded by | Horace Mann |
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In office March 4, 1803 – June 8, 1808 | |
Preceded by | Jonathan Mason |
Succeeded by | James Lloyd |
In office April 20, 1802 – March 4, 1803 | |
Born | (1767-07-11)July 11, 1767 Braintree, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British America |
Died | February 23, 1848(1848-02-23) (aged 80) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
Resting place | United First Parish Church |
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Children | 4, including George, John II and Charles |
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