When John Quincy Adams left the White House after his defeat in the election of 1828, he thought his public life had ended. His wife, Louisa Catherine Adams, welcomed the change because she ...

Perhaps the clearest examples of distinguished public careers taking a back seat to a mixed legacy as president are those of John and ... near the White House. As a diplomat Adams may have lacked ...

In reality, the roots of today’s “America First” approach to foreign policy can be traced back to the founding generation, and specifically to John Quincy Adams ... by the House of ...

When he was young, John ... Quincy, Massachusetts. Of his presidency, Adams said, “I can scarcely conceive of a more wearing, harassing…existence.” The next year, he was elected to the U.S ...

This august cast of memorable heroes and villains nevertheless leaves little room for lesser characters such as John Quincy Adams. Adams’s single term as president, from 1825 to 1829 ...

Few presidents have been as intelligent and eclectically versed as John Quincy Adams ... to the stars resurfaced when he entered the White House in 1825. Using the bully pulpit of his first ...

Perhaps the clearest examples of distinguished public careers taking a back seat to a mixed legacy as president are those of John and ... near the White House. As a diplomat Adams may have lacked ...