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Adams-Pope family of Quincy, Massachusetts

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John Quincy Adams John Quincy Adams (1767-1848) — also known as "Old Man Eloquent"; "The Accidental President"; "The Massachusetts Madman" — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass.; Quincy, Norfolk County, Mass. Born in Braintree (part now in Quincy), Norfolk County, Mass., July 11, 1767. Lawyer; U.S. Minister to Netherlands, 1794-97; Prussia, 1797-1801; Russia, 1809-14; Great Britain, 1815-17; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1802; U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, 1803-08; resigned 1808; U.S. Secretary of State, 1817-25; President of the United States, 1825-29; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, 1831-48 (11th District 1831-33, 12th District 1833-43, 8th District 1843-48); died in office 1848; candidate for Governor of Massachusetts, 1834. Unitarian. English ancestry. Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Elected to the Hall of Fame for Great Americans in 1905. Suffered a stroke while speaking on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives, February 21, 1848, and died two days later in the Speaker's office, U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C., February 23, 1848 (age 80 years, 227 days). Original interment at Hancock Cemetery, Quincy, Mass.; reinterment at United First Parish Church, Quincy, Mass.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
  Relatives: Son of John Adams and Abigail Adams; brother of Abigail Amelia Adams (1765-1813; who married William Stephens Smith); married, July 26, 1797, to Louisa Catherine Johnson (daughter of Joshua Johnson; sister-in-law of John Pope; niece of Thomas Johnson); father of George Washington Adams and Charles Francis Adams (1807-1886); grandfather of John Quincy Adams and Brooks Adams; great-grandfather of Charles Francis Adams (1866-1954); second great-grandfather of Thomas Boylston Adams; first cousin of William Cranch; second cousin once removed of Samuel Adams; second cousin twice removed of Edward M. Chapin; second cousin thrice removed of Arthur Chapin; second cousin five times removed of Denwood Lynn Chapin; third cousin of Joseph Allen; third cousin once removed of Samuel Sewall, Josiah Quincy and John Milton Thayer; third cousin twice removed of William Vincent Wells; third cousin thrice removed of Lyman Kidder Bass, Daniel T. Hayden, Arthur Laban Bates and Almur Stiles Whiting; fourth cousin of Jeremiah Mason, Josiah Quincy Jr. and George Bailey Loring; fourth cousin once removed of Asahel Otis, Erastus Fairbanks, Charles Stetson, Henry Brewster Stanton, Charles Adams Jr., Isaiah Stetson (1812-1880), Joshua Perkins, Eli Thayer, Bailey Frye Adams and Samuel Miller Quincy.
  Political families: Greene-Lippitt family of Providence, Rhode Island; DuPont family of Wilmington, Delaware; Thayer-Capron-Aldrich-Stetson family; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
  Cross-reference: John Smith — Thurlow Weed
  Adams counties in Ill. and Ind. are named for him.
  Mount Quincy Adams, in the White Mountains, Coos County, New Hampshire, is named for him.  — Mount Quincy Adams, on the border between British Columbia, Canada, and Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, Alaska, is named for him.
  Other politicians named for him: John Q. A. BrackettJohn Q. A. SheldenJ. Q. A. Reber
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail
  Books about John Quincy Adams: Paul C. Nagel, John Quincy Adams : A Public Life, a Private Life — Lynn Hudson Parsons, John Quincy Adams — Robert V. Remini, John Quincy Adams — Joseph Wheelan, Mr. Adams's Last Crusade: John Quincy Adams's Extraordinary Post-Presidential Life in Congress
  Image source: Portrait & Biographical Album of Washtenaw County (1891)
  John Pope (1770-1845) — also known as "One-Arm Pope" — of Lexington, Fayette County, Ky.; Springfield, Washington County, Ky. Born in Prince William County, Va., 1770. Democrat. Lawyer; Presidential Elector for Kentucky, 1800, 1820; member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1802, 1806-07; U.S. Senator from Kentucky, 1807-13; secretary of state of Kentucky, 1816-19; member of Kentucky state senate, 1825-29; Governor of Arkansas Territory, 1829-35; U.S. Representative from Kentucky 7th District, 1837-43. Lost his right arm as a youth. Slaveowner. Died in Springfield, Washington County, Ky., July 12, 1845 (age about 75 years). Interment at Springfield Cemetery, Springfield, Ky.
  Relatives: Brother of Nathaniel Pope (1784-1850); married to Eliza Johnson (sister-in-law of John Quincy Adams; sister of Louisa Catherine Johnson).
  Political family: Adams-Pope family of Quincy, Massachusetts (subset of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
  Pope County, Ark. is named for him.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article
  Louisa Adams (1775-1852) — also known as Louisa Catherine Johnson — Born in London, England, February 12, 1775. First Lady of the United States, 1825-29. Female. Died in Washington, D.C., May 15, 1852 (age 77 years, 93 days). Entombed at United First Parish Church, Quincy, Mass.
  Relatives: Daughter of Joshua Johnson and Catherine (Newth) Johnson; sister of Eliza Johnson (who married John Pope); married, July 26, 1797, to John Quincy Adams (1767-1848) (son of John Adams and Abigail Adams); mother of George Washington Adams and Charles Francis Adams (1807-1886); niece of Thomas Johnson (1732-1819); grandmother of John Quincy Adams (1833-1894) and Brooks Adams; great-grandmother of Charles Francis Adams (1866-1954); second great-grandmother of Thomas Boylston Adams; first cousin once removed of Bradley Tyler Johnson.
  Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail
  Nathaniel Pope (1784-1850) — of Illinois. Born in Louisville, Jefferson County, Ky., January 5, 1784. Secretary of Illinois Territory, 1809-16; Delegate to U.S. Congress from Illinois Territory, 1816-18; U.S. District Judge for Illinois, 1819-50; died in office 1850. Slaveowner. Died in St. Louis, Mo., January 22, 1850 (age 66 years, 17 days). Interment somewhere in St. Louis, Mo.
  Relatives: Brother of John Pope (1770-1845).
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Adams-Pope family of Quincy, Massachusetts (subsets of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
  Pope County, Ill. is named for him.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
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