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John Quincy Adams

Political Offices

Who appointed Adams to his first official political positions?

President George Washington appointed Adams as minister to the Netherlands in 1794 and as minister to Portugal in 1796. Adams thought so highly of President Washington that he later named one of his sons George Washington Adams.

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