Ten fun facts about John Quincy Adams1. A Life in Pictures John Quincy Adams was born on July 11, 1767 in the small town of Braintree, Massachusetts. He was the son of John Adams, the second President of the United States, and Abigail Adams, a prominent figure in the American ...
The 1840s were a revolutionary period for the art of photography. While William Henry Harrison became the first US president to be captured in a photograph after his inauguration speech, it has been lost to time. Another iconic daguerreotype featuring John Quincy Adams, exists as the oldest know...
Calvin Coolidge, the 30th President, kept a pygmy hippo as a pet, John Quincy Adams had an alligator, and both Theodore Roosevelt and Martin Van Buren had their very own tigers! While researching all the animals that have occupied the Oval Office over the years, we made sure to point out...