John Quincy Adams was a wonderful asset to the country as Secretary of State but unfortunately had a rather miserable presidency. Well traveled, and an important diplomat from the age of 14 (when he visited Queen Catherine the Great’s court at St. Petersburg as a secretary and French-translator to Francis Dana) his precocity and intelligence would make any girl’s knees wobble. While not particularly attractive in his old age, this picture of his son should do to estimate what he looked like young. (Not bad, really.) He’s definitely my History crush!