Adams political family

Adams family
Adams family
Current region	Massachusetts, U.S.
Place of origin	Braintree, Essex, England
Connected families	Baldwin family (U.S.); Taft family (U.S.); Spencer family (UK)
Motto	Fidem libertatem amicitiam retinebis; ("Hold fast to liberty, friendship, and faith")
Estate(s)	Peacefield (Quincy, Massachusetts)

The Adams family was a prominent political family in the United States from the late 18th through the early 20th centuries. Based in eastern Massachusetts, they formed part of the Boston Brahmin community. The family traces to Henry Adams of Barton St David, Somerset, in England.^[1] The two presidents and their descendants are also descended from John Alden, who came to the United States on the Mayflower.

The Adams family is one of four families to have produced two presidents of the United States, the others being the Bush, Roosevelt, and Harrison families.

Members[]

Abigail Smith Adams – 1766 portrait by Benjamin Blyth

John Adams – 1766 portrait also by Blyth

Abigail Smith Adams – 1800-1815 portrait by Gilbert Stuart

John Adams – 1800-1815 portrait by Gilbert Stuart

Coat of Arms of President John Adams.

Henry Adams (1583–1646) born Barton St David, Somerset, England, first of the clan who immigrated to New England, United States.^[2]

John Adams Sr. (1691–1761)
- John Adams (1735–1826), second president of the United States, married Abigail Adams (née Smith) (1744–1818).^[3]
  - John Quincy Adams (1767–1848), sixth president of the United States, married English-born Louisa Adams (née Johnson) (1775–1852).^[4]
    - George Washington Adams (1801–1829), member of Massachusetts state legislature.^[5]
    - John Adams II (1803–1834), private secretary to his father.
    - Charles Francis Adams Sr. (1807–1886), U.S. Congressman and Ambassador to the United Kingdom.^[6]
      - John Quincy Adams II (1833–1894), lawyer and politician.^[7]
        George Caspar Adams (1863–1900), prominent college athlete and football coach at Harvard University.^[8]
        
        Charles Francis Adams III (1866–1954), 44th Secretary of the Navy, mayor of Quincy, Massachusetts.^[9]
        Charles Francis Adams IV (1910–1999), first president of Raytheon.
      - Charles Francis Adams Jr. (1835–1915), brigadier-general in the Union Army during the American Civil War and president of the Union Pacific Railroad from 1884 to 1890.
        John Adams (1875–1964), married Marian Morse.
        Thomas Boylston Adams (1910–1997), executive, writer, and political candidate.
      - Henry Brooks Adams (1838–1918), prominent author and political commentator, married Marian Hooper Adams (née Hooper) (1843–1885).
      - Brooks Adams (1848–1927), historian and political scientist.
  - Charles Adams (1770–1800), New York lawyer.
  - Thomas Boylston Adams (1772–1832), Massachusetts legislator and judge.^[10]
- Elihu Adams (1741–1775), soldier.

Samuel Adams (1722–1803), revolutionary, delegate to the Continental Congress and governor of Massachusetts, John Adams's second cousin.
Samuel A. Adams (1934–1988), historian and CIA analyst.
John Donley Adams (born 1974), American politician and lawyer

Family tree[]

The following is a selective family tree of notable members of the Adams family relative to Charles Francis Adams IV:

President John Quincy Adams Louisa Catherine Johnson Peter Chardon Brooks Abigail [Brown]

Charles Francis Adams Sr. Abigail Brown [Brooks] George Caspar Crowninshield Harriet [Sears]

Charles Francis Adams Jr. John Quincy Adams II Frances Cadwalader [Crowninshield]

John Quincy Adams III George Caspar Adams Charles Francis Adams III Frances [Lovering] Frances C. Adams Arthur Adams Margery Lee [Sargeant] Abigail ("Hitty") Adams Robert Homans

Catherine Lovering Adams Henry Sturgis Morgan Charles Francis Adams IV Margaret [Stockton] Children 3 Sons; 1 Daughter

Five Sons Abigail Adams James C. Manny Allison Adams Paul G. Hagan Timothy Adams

Harvard University and the Adams family[]

John Adams – class of 1755
John Quincy Adams – class of 1788, faculty
Charles Adams – class of 1789
Thomas Boylston Adams – class of 1790
George Washington Adams – class of 1821
John Adams II, expelled with most of senior class prior to 1823 graduation, later among those designated "Bachelor of Arts as of 1823" and added to Harvard's Roll of Graduates
John Quincy Adams II - class of 1853
Charles Francis Adams Sr. – class of 1825
Charles Francis Adams Jr. – class of 1856
Henry Brooks Adams – class of 1858, faculty
Brooks Adams – class of 1870
George Caspar Adams – class of 1886
Charles Francis Adams III – class of 1888
Roger Adams – class of 1909
Charles Francis Adams IV – class of 1932
Thomas Boylston Adams – class of 1933^[11] (did not graduate)^[12]
Samuel A. Adams – class of 1955

Adams House, one of twelve residential colleges at Harvard, is named after John Adams and later members of the Adams family.

Memorials[]

References[]

^ Walker, Jane C. (2002). John Adams. Berkeley Heights, NJ: Enslow Publishers, Inc. p. 14. ISBN 0766017044.
^ John Adams: Biography
^ John Adams bioguide at Congress.gov
^ John Quincy Adams bioguide at Politicalgraveyard.com
^ George Washington Adams bioguide at Politicalgraveyard.com
^ Charles Francis Adams Sr. bioguide at Congress.gov
^ John Quincy Adams II bioguide at Politicalgraveyard.com
^ Gardner, Augustus Peabody (December 1906). "George Caspar Adams". In Huddleston, John Henry (ed.). Secretary's report. Harvard College Class of 1886. HathiTrust. Report No. 6. New York: The De Vinne Press. pp. 7–8. OCLC 903610243. Retrieved 2018-06-12.
^ Charles Francis Adams III bioguide at Politicalgraveyard.com
^ Thomas Boylston Adams biography at Masshist.org
^ William E. McKibben (June 9, 1082). "Four More Years". Harvard Crimson. Retrieved August 23, 2014.
^ Eric Pace (June 9, 1997). "Thomas B. Adams Dies at 86; Descendant of Two Presidents". New York Times. Retrieved August 22, 2014. Adams... attended Harvard College from 1929 to 1932

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4th Governor of Massachusetts, 1794—1797 Second Continental Congress, 1775—1781 First Continental Congress, 1774 Clerk of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, 1766—1774
United States founding events	The Independent Advertiser Boston Caucus 1764 Sugar Act response protests 1768 Massachusetts Circular Letter Probable author, 1768–1769 "Journal of Occurrences" Arranged Christopher Seider funeral, 1770 Co-author, 1772 Boston Pamphlet Boston Committee of Correspondence, 1772 Hutchinson Letters Affair Co-inspired and publicized, Boston Tea Party Signed, 1774 Continental Association Massachusetts Provincial Congress Co-author, 1775 "Letter to the inhabitants of Canada" Signed, United States Declaration of Independence Signed, Articles of Confederation 1788 Massachusetts Compromise
Life	Early life Massachusetts Hall, Harvard University Sons of Liberty 1789 U.S. House election 1796 presidential election Samuel Adams and Paul Revere time capsule Granary Burying Ground
Related	American republicanism Boston Gazette American Revolution patriots Founding Father Faneuil Hall Old South Meeting House
Legacy	Samuel Adams (Whitney) Adams, Massachusetts Memorial to the 56 Signers of the Declaration of Independence Liberty's Kids (2002 animated series) John Adams (2008 miniseries) Sons of Liberty (2015 miniseries)
Family	Samuel Adams Sr. (father) John Adams (second cousin)

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2nd President of the United States (1797–1801) 1st Vice President of the United States (1789–1797) U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom (1785–1788) U.S. Ambassador to the Netherlands (1782–1788) Delegate, Second Continental Congress (1775–1778) Delegate, First Continental Congress (1774)
Founding of the United States	Braintree Instructions (1765) Boston Massacre defense Continental Association Novanglus; A History of the Dispute with America, From Its Origin in 1754 to the Present Time (1775) Thoughts on Government (1776) Declaration of Independence May 15 preamble Committee of Five Model Treaty Treaty of Amity and Commerce Treaty of Alliance Board of War Chairman of the Marine Committee, 1775-1779 Continental Navy Staten Island Peace Conference Conference House Constitution of Massachusetts (1780) Treaty of Paris, 1783 Diplomacy
Elections	United States presidential election 1788–1789 1792 1796 1800
Presidency	Inauguration Quasi War with France XYZ Affair Commerce Protection Act United States Marine Corps Convention of 1800 Alien and Sedition Acts Naturalization Act of 1798 Navy Department Library Treaty of Tellico Treaty of Tripoli Midnight Judges Act Marbury v. Madison State of the Union Address (1797 1798 1799 1800) Cabinet Federal judiciary appointments
Other writings	Massachusetts Historical Society holdings Adams Papers Editorial Project A Defense of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America
Life and homes	Early life and education Adams National Historical Park John Adams Birthplace Family home and John Quincy Adams birthplace Peacefield Stone Library Massachusetts Hall, Harvard University Presidents House, Philadelphia Co-founder and second president, American Academy of Arts and Sciences United First Parish Church and gravesite
Legacy	Bibliography List of memorials Adams Memorial John Adams Building Jefferson Memorial pediment U.S. Postage stamps Treaty of Paris (1783 painting) USS John Adams Adams House at Harvard University Mount Adams (New Hampshire, Washington) Memorial to the 56 Signers of the Declaration of Independence
Popular culture	Profiles in Courage (1964 series) American Primitive (1969 play) 1776 (1969 musical 1972 film) The Adams Chronicles (1976 miniseries) Liberty! (1997 documentary series) Liberty's Kids (2002 animated series) John Adams (2001 book 2008 miniseries) John and Abigail Adams (2006 documentary film) Sons of Liberty (2015 miniseries)
Related	"Adams and Liberty" campaign song Adams' personal library American Enlightenment Congress Hall Federalist Party Federalist Era First Party System republicanism American Philosophical Society Gazette of the United States The American Museum American Revolution patriots Founding Fathers
Family	Abigail Adams wife Quincy family Abigail Adams Smith (daughter) John Quincy Adams son presidency Charles Adams (son) Thomas Boylston Adams (son) George W. Adams (grandson) Charles Adams Sr. (grandson) John Adams II (grandson) John Q. Adams (great-grandson) Henry Adams (great-grandson) Brooks Adams (great-grandson) John Adams Sr. (father) Susanna Boylston (mother) Elihu Adams (brother) Samuel Adams (second cousin) Louisa Adams daughter-in-law first lady
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United States House of Representatives (1831–1848) 6th President of the United States (1825–1829) 8th U.S. Secretary of State (1817–1825) U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom (1814–1817) 1st U.S. Minister to Russia (1809–1814) Massachusetts State Senate (1803–1808) U.S. Minister to Prussia (1797–1801) U.S. Ambassador to the Netherlands (1794–1797)
Presidency	Inauguration American System Internal improvements Tariff of 1828 First Treaty of Prairie du Chien Treaty of Fond du Lac Treaty of Limits United States Naval Observatory Abdulrahman Ibrahim Ibn Sori State of the Union Address, 1825 1827 1828 Federal judiciary appointments
Other events	Monroe Doctrine, author Treaty of Ghent Adams–Onís Treaty Treaty of 1818 Smithsonian Institution United States v. The Amistad Mendi Bible President, American Academy of Arts and Sciences President, Columbian Institute for the Promotion of Arts and Sciences
Writings	Lifelong diary Massachusetts Historical Society holdings Adams Papers Editorial Project
Life and homes	Early life Abigail Adams Cairn John Quincy Adams and abolitionism Adams National Historical Park Birthplace and family home Peacefield Stone Library United First Parish Church and gravesite
Electoral history	Senate 1803 1808 Presidential runs 1824 Corrupt Bargain 1828
Legacy	Adams Memorial Adams House at Harvard University U.S. Postage stamps Monroe Doctrine Centennial half dollar Mount Quincy Adams
Popular culture	Profiles in Courage (1957 book) 1965 television series) The Adams Chronicles (1976 miniseries) Mutiny on the Amistad (1987 book) Amistad (1997 film) John Adams (2001 book 2008 miniseries)
Adams family Quincy family	Louisa Adams (wife) George W. Adams (son) Charles Adams Sr. (son) John Adams II (son) Henry Adams (grandson) Brooks Adams (grandson) John Quincy Adams II (grandson) John Adams father presidency Abigail Adams mother First Lady Quincy family Abigail Adams Smith (sister) Charles Adams (brother) Thomas Boylston Adams (brother) John Adams Sr. (paternal grandfather) Susanna Boylston (paternal grandmother) Elihu Adams (paternal uncle) John Quincy (great-grandfather)
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Adams political family

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Members[]

Family tree[]

Harvard University and the Adams family[]

Memorials[]

See also[]

References[]

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