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TIL During his life John Quincy Adams was: Ambassador to Prussia, Portugal, The Netherlands, and The United Kingdom, A Senator, Secretary of State, unanimously confirmed to the Supreme Court (declined), President, and finally served 9 terms as a congressman.

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