Who Is The Only U.S. President Whose Grandmother Outlived Him?
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The only United States president whose grandmother outlived him was John Quincy Adams, the sixth president of the United States.
Adams was born in 1767 and his maternal grandmother, Elizabeth Smith, was born in 1703. Ironically, although he was president from 1825-1829, Adams did not outlive his grandmother, who was still living when he died in 1848 at the age of 80.
Adams was born in Braintree, Massachusetts (present-day Quincy, Massachusetts). His father, John Adams, was the first Vice President of the United States and his mother, Abigail Smith Adams, was among the most accomplished women of her era.
His maternal grandmother, Elizabeth Smith, was born in 1703 in Massachusetts and co-founded Quincy, Massachusetts with her husband, Col. Benjamin Quincy, in 1745, who owned 1500 acres of land there.
She and her daughter, Abigail Adams, had a close bond and, in 1777, she decided to move to Quincy and live with Abigail and her young family – when Abigail was 30 and pregnant with their son, John Quincy Adams. Church records in Quincy list her as a member in 1777 and her grave, in Quincy cemetery, says she died in February 1797 at the age of 93.
John Quincy Adams had a distinguished and productive career as a lawyer, United States Senator, Secretary of State, US Minister to Russia and Great Britain, and President. Sadly, though, he died in 1848, some 51 years after his beloved grandmother had passed away.
Today, among other things, John Quincy Adams is remembered as the only U.S. President whose grandmother outlived him.