John Quincy Adams II
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Illustration accompanying Adams' biography in 1913's Lamb's Biographical Dictionary of the United States, Volume 1
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September 22, 1833 Boston, Massachusetts |
| Died | August 14, 1894 (aged 60) Quincy, Massachusetts |
| Spouse(s) | Frances (Fanny) Cadwallader Crowninshield (m. 1861–1894; his death) |
John Quincy Adams II (September 22, 1833 – August 14, 1894) was an American lawyer and politician.
Adams was the son of Charles Francis Adams and Abigail Brown Brooks, the grandson and namesake of president John Quincy Adams and the great-grandson of President John Adams. He graduated from Harvard University in 1853, studied law, attained admission to the bar, and practiced in Boston. He later established an experimental model farm near Quincy, Massachusetts. Adams married Frances (Fanny) Cadwalader Crowninshield (1839–1911), daughter of George (1812–1857) and Harriet Sears Crowninshield (1809–1873) of the politically powerful Crowninshield family.
During the Civil War he served on the staff of Governor John Andrew with the rank of Colonel.
Adams served in several local offices in Quincy, including town meeting moderator, school board chairman and judge of the local court. He was elected to the Massachusetts state legislature as a Republican, but soon switched to the Democratic Party because of his disaffection with Republican Reconstruction policies. In addition to serving in the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1865, 1867, 1870 and 1873, he was the unsuccessful Democratic nominee for Governor of Massachusetts every year from 1867 to 1871. In 1873 he was the unsuccessful nominee for lieutenant governor.
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