JOHN QUINCY ADAMS

JOHN QUINCY ADAMS (1767-1848), a Massachusetts Democratic Republican, was the sixth president (1825-29) of the United States. He was the eldest son of the US President John Adams. He is best known for his two favourite issues - abolition of slavery, and safeguarding freedom of speech.

He was minister to the Netherlands (1794-96), Germany (1796-1801), St Petersburg (1809-11), and Great Britain (1815-17).

He was also a US Senator (1803-08). He helped negotiating the Treaty of Ghent 1814 that ended the war of 1812.

During 1817-24, he was President Monroe's secretary of state and became chief architect of the Monroe doctrine.