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The first US diplomat to be appointed Minister to Russia, John Quincy Adams was the son of John Adams, the second President of the United States, and would himself go on to become the sixth President, elected in 1825. Born in 1767, he spent much of his youth travelling Europe with his father, who also had an illustrious diplomatic career. He first came to St. Petersburg at the age of 14 with Francis Dana, on a mission to build diplomatic ties between Russia and the young United States.
n 1809, President James Maddison appointed Adams as the first United States Minister to Russia. He spent nearly five years in St. Petersburg, with his wife, Louisa Adams, became a close friend to Tsar Alexander I and his family. In 1812, Adams reported to Washington the news of Napoleon's invasion of Russia and Napoleon's subsequent failure in his Russian campaign. In 1814, Adams was recalled from Russia to serve as the chief negotiator for the Treaty of Ghent, ending the War of 1812 between Great Britain and the United States. He then remained in London as Minister to the Court of St. James's, a position first held by his father.
In 1817, he returned to the United States to become Secretary of State in the Cabinet of President of James Monroe. He was the chief author of the original Monroe Doctrine, which defined America's policy towards Europe's imperial powers for over a century.
