In the diary Adams ruefully admitted that two-thirds of the public preferred some other candidate in 1824. Richard John of the University of Chicago writes, “John Quincy Adams always regarded ...

By 1824, the party had won six consecutive presidential ... White House Historical Association John Quincy Adams, Massachusetts. Age: 57 Eldest son of the nation’s second president, Adams ...

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 ...

If John Quincy Adams had retired after his service in the ... His victory in the bitter election of 1824 led to a presidency uniformly considered a failure. The historian Allan Nevins, raised ...

“Find a mission that you can give yourself over to and then spend your days moving that mission forward.” — President John Quincy Adams For almost half a century, Charlie Colvin and the ...

Instead, the 1824 campaign began the moment Monroe was ... A restored daguerreotype of John Quincy Adams, circa 1843 to 1848 Public domain via Wikimedia Commons Based on the protocol outlined ...

There is currently no memorial to John Adams, John Quincy Adams and their family in Washington. Congress authorized the Adams Memorial Commission to fix this oversight. I serve as the chair of the ...

President James Monroe appointed John Quincy as Secretary of State. In 1824, Adams won the disputed presidential election in the House of Representatives, where he bested military hero Andrew Jackson.

City planners provided details about the design and anticipated completion date of a new Quincy park honoring sixth president ...

A new park honoring John Quincy Adams is being built in his native Quincy on the former site of Acapulco's Family Restaurant and Cantina. The park will feature a bronze statue of Adams ...