Thus the reader learns that President John Quincy Adams swam stark naked every day in the Potomac at 5am, and may have given his first interview under duress.

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President John Quincy Adams lost his re-election bid in 1828.

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The first President who was the son of a President, John Quincy Adams in many respects paralleled the career as well as the temperament and viewpoints of his illustrious father.

WHITEHOUSE: John Quincy Adams

With his narrow defeat of Vice President Al Gore on the campaign and legal fronts, Bush has become the first son of a president to himself win the White House since John Quincy Adams -- the son of John Adams, the second American president -- was elected in 1824.

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John Quincy Adams, elected the sixth president in 1824, was the son of John Adams, the second president.

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John Quincy Adams after having served as President of the United States was asked by people from his district if it would be beneath the dignity of a former President to serve in the House of Representatives.

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