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President John Quincy Adams John Quincy Adams

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John Quincy Adams


  • First president to be the son of another president.
  • First president whose father lived to see him become president.
  • First president to have a foreign-born spouse.
  • First president to have a son marry at the White House.
  • First president to have a surviving photograph of him.
  • First president elected despite receiving fewer votes than his opponent.
  • First president to not win a majority of electoral votes.
  • First president to adopt a short haircut instead of long hair tied in a queue.
  • First president to have been inaugurated wearing long trousers instead of knee breeches.
  • First president to serve in Congress after serving in the presidency.
  • First president to die from a stroke.
  • First president to have been nominated to the Supreme Court of the United States.
  • First president with a middle name.
  • First president to have any facial hair.
  • First president to have a foreign-born child.
  • First president born after the French and Indian War.
  • First president who was not a Founding Father.