Louisa Catherine Adams

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Louisa Catherine Adams was the First Lady of the United States from 1825 to 1829 as the wife of President John Quincy Adams and the only First Lady born outside of the present-day United States.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf First Lady of the United States
human
associatedWith United States diplomatic corps
White House
birthDate 1775-02-12
birthName Louisa Catherine Johnson
birthPlace Kingdom of Great Britain
London
burialPlace United First Parish Church, Quincy, Massachusetts
child Charles Francis Adams Sr.
George Washington Adams
John Adams II
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 1852-05-15
deathPlace Washington, D.C.
describedAs frequent sufferer from ill health
well-educated and cosmopolitan
endTimeOfPosition 1829
familyName Adams
father Joshua Johnson
givenName Louisa
languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned English
French
German
memberOfPoliticalFamily Adams political family
middleName Catherine
mother Catherine Nuth Johnson
notableFor being the only First Lady born outside the present-day United States
notableRelative Abigail Adams
John Adams
notableWork "Narrative of a Journey from Russia to France"
"Record of a Life, or My Story"
"The Adventures of a Nobody"
autobiographical writings
diaries
memoirs
plays
poetry
positionHeld First Lady of the United States
precededBy Elizabeth Monroe
religion Unitarianism
residence Berlin
London
Quincy, Massachusetts
St. Petersburg
Washington, D.C.
sexOrGender female
spouse John Quincy Adams
startTimeOfPosition 1825
succeededBy Emily Donelson
Rachel Jackson (designate)


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