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This Day in Boston History
July 11th, 1767
John Quincy Adams
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On this
day, John
Quincy Adams was born in what is today Quincy, Massachusetts.
Adams held four European ambassadorships before being appointed Secretary
of State. Regarded as one of the greatest Secretaries of State, he secured
concessions of territory to the US by Spain and England and is credited
as the architect of the Monroe doctrine.
He was elected the sixth President by vote of Congress in 1824 and served
a single term marked by ambiton and resistance. He was unexpectedly
reelected to Congress in 1830, where he served for the next 18 years.
As a Congressman he argued the famous Amistad case before the US Supreme
Court in 1841.
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