John Adams and John Quincy Adams were public figures who made significant contributions to the founding and expansion of the ...

In 1788, when John Adams ... what office would suit Adams? After a month of deliberation over whether to stand for federal or state office, he decided to run for vice president.

Adams, the vice president, refused to believe that his ... On January 3 he wrote to John Quincy at greater length, enumerating seven possible motives for Jefferson’s resignation.

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, ...

As President James Monroe's two-term Secretary of State, John Quincy Adams is regarded by many as the best in the nation's history. He helped create the Monroe Doctrine, which shaped America's ...

To be clear, Randall Woods' ''John Quincy Adams: A Man for the Whole People ... Clocking in at more than 700 pages, Woods' biography of the sixth president is massive in both length and scope.

As we commemorate the 250th anniversary of the start of the American Revolution, we should honor and remember John Adams and his family.

Throughout my life, I have learned that we each get but one true choice: what we are willing to give our lives for. Alongside Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and countless others, I chose to dedicate ...

John Adams may be the most significant of the Founding Fathers. A lock of hair from this political titan is being sold now.

Contemporaries understood that when he (and not Jefferson, Madison, or Hamilton) was elected vice president ... Adams once wrote his wife Abigail. Yet his eldest son, John Quincy Adams, followed ...

However, with training and time, John was able to refine his skills. As a member of the Federalist Party, Adams decided to run for the presidency. He lost and became Vice-president to George ...