Louisa Catherine Adams
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| First Lady of the United States | |
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In role March 4, 1825 – March 4, 1829 |
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| President | John Quincy Adams |
| Preceded by | Elizabeth Monroe |
| Succeeded by | Emily Donelson (Acting) |
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Louisa Catherine Johnson February 12, 1775 London, United Kingdom |
| Died | May 15, 1852 (aged 77) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Spouse(s) | John Quincy Adams (1797–1848) |
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 First Lady Louisa Adams, C‑SPAN
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Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams (née Johnson; February 12, 1775 – May 15, 1852), wife of John Quincy Adams, was First Lady of the United States from 1825 to 1829. The daughter of the American Consul in London, she was the first First Lady to be born outside the United States, or outside areas that were later to become part of the United States, such as the Thirteen Colonies -- a distinction that was not replicated until 188 years later, by Melania Trump.
Adams was born Louisa Catherine Johnson on February 12, 1775, in London, the daughter of Catherine Nuth, an Englishwoman, and Joshua Johnson, an American merchant, whose brother Thomas Johnson later served as Governor of Maryland and United States Supreme Court Justice. Joshua Johnson was originally from Maryland. Louisa had six sisters: Ann, Caroline, Harriet, Catherine, Elizabeth, and Adelaide, and a brother, Thomas. She grew up in London and Nantes, France, where the family took refuge during the American Revolution.
She met John Quincy Adams at her father's house in Cooper's Row, near Tower Hill, London. Her father had been appointed as United States consul general in 1790, and Adams first visited him in November 1795. Adams at first showed interest in her older sister but soon settled on Louisa. Adams, aged 30, married Louisa, aged 22, on July 26, 1797, at the parish church of All Hallows-by-the-Tower, on Tower Hill. Adams' father, John Adams, then President of the United States, overcame his initial objections to his son marrying a person born in another country and eventually welcomed his daughter-in-law into the family, although they did not meet for several years.
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