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Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams, wife of President John Q. Adams
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Photograph showing Mrs. John Quincy Adams, head-and-shoulder portrait, facing right.
Photo of portrait painted by Charles Bird King.
John Adams, a remarkable political philosopher, served as the second President of the United States (1797-1801), after serving as the first Vice President under President George Washington. "Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide."
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Date
01/01/1821
Source
Library of Congress
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