Presidents Closely Related

Father-Son: John Adams and John Quincy Adams

JOHN ADAMS (1797-1801) and JOHN QUINCY ADAMS (1825-1829) were, like the George Bushes, father and son.

The elder John Adams was the nation's second president, having been its first vice president under George Washington. He was also a second cousin to Revolutionary firebrand Samuel Adams. John Quincy Adams was elected to the House of Representatives in 1830, becoming the only president to serve in Congress after his term as chief executive. (His eldest son, George Washington Adams, is the only presidential child ever named after George Washington; he makes an appearance in our feature Death By Yacht.)

John and John Quincy Adams were also great-grandfather and grandfather (respectively) to the historian and author Henry Adams.