His son, John Quincy Adams, was sworn in as president on March 4, 1825. The Adams family holds a unique distinction in American history as the first father and son to both serve as president of ...

As author Jared Cohen reveals in his new book, "Life After Power," former President John Quincy Adams went on to serve in Congress — and encountered cancel culture as he railed against slavery.

This same year, John Quincy, at 30, married Anglo-American Louisa Catherine Johnson. Their marriage was by no means the partnership that his parents' was, but he found her "amiable" enough.

After John Wood and Willard Keyes settled on the eastern bank of the Mississippi River in the 1820s, they petitioned the Illinois Legislature to create “Adams County”, with their founding ...