But the former vice president lacked the stature of his ... He concealed the fact that John Quincy Adams, then minister to Prussia, had indicated that France was inching toward negotiations.

With the 1824 election approaching, Secretary of State John Quincy Adams probably thought he was President James Monroe’s likely successor. Both James Madison in 1808, and Monroe in 1816, had ...

Though the election has been labeled “dirty,” the constitutional procedures for electing a president were faithfully carried out. Challenges: John Quincy Adams was a Harvard graduate, an intellectual, ...

QUINCY − Presidents Day is a big deal in Quincy. The city is home to the second and sixth U.S. presidents. It calls itself the City of Presidents. Quincy High School's nickname is The Presidents.

March 4: Adams is sworn in as the second president of the United States. June 1: Adams appoints John Quincy minister to Prussia. Fearing his father will be charged with nepotism, he hesitates ...

After John Wood and Willard Keyes settled on the eastern bank of the Mississippi River in the 1820s, they petitioned the ...

John Quincy Adams, the sixth president, was born there on July 11, 1767. The John Quincy Adams birthplace was also the birthplace of the Massachusetts Constitution, which John Adams drafted in the ...

QUINCY — John Adams and his son, John Quincy Adams, are not on the presidential pantheon of Mount Rushmore, and many people might struggle to name their most notable achievements. Their remains ...

Jean-Pierre Blanchard and John Jeffries' harrowing journey ... Sonja Anderson A "corrupt bargain" that delivered John Quincy Adams the presidency ended the Era of Good Feelings and prompted ...