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

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 ...

The Adams family — John, Abigail, and their descendants, including the nation’s sixth president, John Quincy Adams — embodied the intellectual fortitude and moral courage that defined ...

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, ...

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.

Perhaps the clearest examples of distinguished public careers taking a back seat to a mixed legacy as president are those of John and John Quincy Adams. Although John Adams has been the subject of ...