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I. President's full name- John Quincy Adams
a. Birth and death dates- John Quincy Adams was born on July 11, 1767, in Braintree, Massachusetts. He died on February 23, 1848, at Washington D.C.
b. age at inauguration- 58
II. Educational and occupational background
John Quincy Adams learned his basic education at home from his parents. The first formal education he received was at Passy Academy in 1781, where he transferred from a Latin school to Leyden University. He studied at Harvard from 1785-1787. For the next three years, he studied law in Newburyport, Massachusetts. Adams was also a minister to the Netherlands in 1794-1787, and for the next four years he was a minister to Prussia. In 1802, he was a Massachusetts State Senator and a U.S. Senator in 1803-1808. Adams was the Chief Negotiator of the Treaty of Ghent in 1814. He enjoyed shooting billiards thus being first to install the first billiard table in the White House. He also enjoyed reading, keeping a diary, observing......

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