Adams political family

Adams family
Motto: " Fidem libertatem amicitiam retinebis" (Faith, freedom and fidelity)
Current region	Massachusetts, U.S.
Place of origin	Braintree, Essex, England
Connected families	Baldwin family (US) Taft family (US) Spencer family (UK)
Estate	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 surname Adams stems from Henry Adams of the county of Somerset in Great Britain.^[1]

Members

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), the second President's second cousin.
Samuel A. Adams (1934–1988), historian and CIA analyst.

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

Adams family tree

John Adams
(1735–1826)

Abigail Adams (née Smith)
(1744–1818)

William Stephens Smith
(1755–1815)

Abigail Amelia Adams Smith
(1765–1813)

John Quincy Adams
(1767–1848)

Louisa Catherine Adams (née Johnson)
(1775–1852)

Charles Adams
(1770–1800)

Thomas Boylston Adams
(1772–1832)

George Washington Adams
(1801–1829)

John Adams II
(1803–1834)

Charles Francis Adams Sr.
(1807–1886)

Abigail Brown Adams (née Brooks)
(1808–1889)

Frances Cadwalader Crowninshield
(1839–1911)

John Quincy Adams II
(1833–1894)

Charles Francis Adams Jr.
(1835–1915)

Henry Brooks Adams
(1838–1918)

Marian Hooper Adams
(1843–1885)

Peter Chardon Brooks Adams
(1848–1927)

George Casper Adams
(1863–1900)

Charles Francis Adams III
(1866–1954)

Frances Adams (née Lovering)
(1869–1956)

John Adams

Charles Francis Adams IV
(1910–1999)

Catherine Lovering Adams Morgan
(1902–1988)

Henry Sturgis Morgan
(1900–1982)

Thomas Boylston Adams
(1910–1997)

Notes:

Harvard University and the Adams family

John Adams Class of 1755
John Quincy Adams Class of 1788
Charles Adams (1770–1800) Class of 1789
Thomas Boylston Adams (1772–1832) 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
Charles Francis Adams, Sr. Class of 1825
Charles Francis Adams, Jr. Class of 1856
Henry Brooks Adams Class of 1858
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 (1910–1997) Class of 1933^[11] (was not graduated)^[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.

Connections

The Adams political family is connected with U.S. Presidents Millard Fillmore, William Howard Taft, and Calvin Coolidge and U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney, through common descent from one Henry Squire.^[13]

Through his mother, John Adams was a second cousin of Massachusetts governor Increase Sumner; their maternal grandmothers were sisters. Both were also related to President Coolidge and to Diana, Princess of Wales, and through the latter to The Duke of Cambridge and Prince Harry.

The Adams family is one of only four families to have produced two Presidents of the United States, the others being the Bush family, the Roosevelt family, and the Harrison 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
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↑ 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
↑ Henry Squire biography Archived May 24, 2007, at the Wayback Machine. at Concentric.net (b. 1563)

John Adams
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
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
Life and homes	Early life and education Adams National Historical Park John Adams Birthplace Family home and John Quincy Adams birthplace Peacefield Presidential 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
Elections	United States presidential election 1788–1789 1792 1796 1800
Legacy	Adams House at Harvard University John Adams Building U.S. Postage stamps Adams Memorial
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) 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
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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John Quincy Adams
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
Life and homes	Early life Abigail Adams Cairn John Quincy Adams and abolitionism Adams National Historical Park Birthplace and family home Peacefield Presidential Library United First Parish Church and gravesite
Elections	United States presidential election, 1824 Corrupt Bargain United States presidential election, 1828
Legacy	Adams Memorial Adams House at Harvard University U.S. Postage stamps Monroe Doctrine Centennial half dollar
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)
Related	National Republican Party Republicanism Quincy Patriot
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