th Presidential Profile Name: John Quincy Adams Dates in Office: He served from 1825 to 1829 Party: Democratic Republican Background: Adams was born on July 11, 1767 in Braintree, Massachusetts. He was the son of John Adams, the 2nd president of the United States. From age 10 to 17, Adams lived in Europe while his father was ambassador to different nations. At the age of 18, he enrolled at Harvard, and graduated in 1787. For the next three years after graduating, Adams studied …showed first 75 words of 519 total…

…showed last 75 words of 519 total…got off on the wrong foot with the people, and was never able to win them over. View on Adams by historians: Adams may have been one of the greatest secretaries of states, but not one of the greatest presidents. His programs for national power were out of place with the mindset of the people of that time. Although Adams was great at almost all things he did, being president was not one of them.