Louisa Adams

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Louisa Catherine Adams (née Johnson; February 12, 1775 – May 15, 1852) was the first lady of the United States from 1825 to 1829 during the presidency of her husband John Quincy Adams. She is the first foreign born first lady, the only other being Melania Trump who assumed the role in 2017 and 2025. She was born in London to a diplomatic consulate of Maryland. As she was born before the Declaration of Independence, she was a citizen of the British Empire. Her father was an influential American merchant, and she was regularly introduced to prominent Americans. After her family returned to England, she met John Quincy Adams in 1794, and the two began a tenuous courtship. They married in 1797 after being engaged for a year, beginning a marriage of disagreements and personality conflicts. She joined her husband on his diplomatic mission to Prussia, where she was popular with the Prussian court. When they returned to the United States, her husband became a senator and she gave birth to three...

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