What political party was John Q Adams in?

none when he was President. There were no national parties then. In 1824, he got his votes from the remnants of the Federalists in the Northeast. In 1828, Adams was supported by a loosely organized group know as the National Republicans which was mostly the same group that had supported him in 1824, combined with anti-Jackson people around the country. They later developed into the Whig party which Adams joined and became influential in.