John Quincy Adams
/ˌdʒɒn ˌkwɪnsi ˈædəmz/
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- (1767-1848) the sixth president of the US. He was not a popular president because his government passed a Tariff Act (= a tax on imports). He had had more success earlier as Secretary of State, helping to write the Monroe Doctrine and adding Florida as a state. He was the son of John Adams.