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Louisa Adams
First Lady of the United States from to
Louisa Adams | |
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Portrait by Gilbert Stuartc.&#;– | |
| In role March 4, &#;– March 4, | |
| President | John Quincy Adams |
| Preceded by | Elizabeth Monroe |
| Succeeded by | Emily Donelson (acting) |
| Born | Louisa Catherine Johnson ()February 12, City of London, England |
| Died | May 15, () (aged&#;77) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Resting place | United First Parish Church |
| Spouse | John Quincy Adams &#; &#; (m.&#;; died&#;)&#; |
| Children | 4, including George, John II and Charles |
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Louisa Catherine Adams (née&#;Johnson; February 12, – May 15, ) was the first lady of the United States from to during the presidency of John Quincy Adams.
She was born in England and raised in France. Her father was an influential American merchant, and she was regularly introduced to prominent Americans. After her family returned to England, she met John Quincy Adams in , and the two beg
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Louisa: The Extraordinary Life of Mrs. Adams - Hardcover
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[A] lushly detailed, authoritative book.
Utterly enjoyableLouisa thus leaps from the page as contradictory, observant, ambivalent, self-pitying, strong, and human. Bookforum
Thomas has written an insightful, compassionate portrait of a young girl expected to be prim and passive, who grew into a strong woman, an avid writer, and shrewd political partner. Readers of biography will find Thomas s book engaging as well as educating. Historical Novels Reviews
Subtitled The extraordinary life of Mrs. Adams, this biography does not fail to meet the expectations it sets. Overall, Louisais a crisply written, accessible biography that feels authentic to the lives of women at the time and paints a vivid and engrossing portrait of the sixth First Lady of the United States. Book Browse
Louisa Catherine s long years of living in the shadow of her husband s career choices and of the Adams dynasty diminished her own imag
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Louisa Catherine Adams
LOUISA CATHERINE JOHNSON ADAMS, the wife of John Quincy Adams, was born in London on 12 February , the second daughter of Joshua Johnson of Maryland, and Catherine Nuth Johnson. Her father represented the Maryland firm of Wallace, Davidson, and Johnson in London. From to , while England and France were at war, the Johnson family lived in Nantes, France, and Louisa and her older sister boarded at a convent school for several years. Following the peace the Johnson family returned to London where Joshua Johnson served as the first U.S. consul (–). Louisa and John Quincy Adams became engaged in when the latter, then U.S. minister to the Netherlands, was in London for the ratification of Jay’s Treaty and were married in that city on 26 July , in the parish church of All Hallows Barking.
Louisa accompanied her husband on his diplomatic assignments to Berlin (–), St. Petersburg (–), and London (–). When John Quincy’s career called the couple to Washington the Ad