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HISTORY OF CONGRESS
AND THE CAPITOL

Old Man Eloquent

John Quincy Adams Seized with a Fit in the House of Representatives, Kelloggs and Comstock

John Quincy Adams Seized with a Fit in the House of Representatives, Kelloggs and Comstock

 

John Quincy Adams Seized with a Fit in the House of Representatives, Kelloggs and Comstock lithography, ca. 1848-1850

Adams collapsed on the floor of the House and was taken to a small room off the chamber, where he died two days later on February 23, 1848.

NPG.81.41 National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

 
History of Congress and the Capitol