John Quincy Adams

In the 1824 election, the House of Representative was required to appoint the president because no man got a majority of the electoral vote and four men got votes. Henry Clay came in fourth and so was eliminated. However Clay was able

swing the votes of the states that had voted for him to Adams, making him he winner over Jackson. When Adams appointed Clay as his Secretary of State, Jackson people claimed that a corrupt bargain had been made. In those days, the position of Secretary of State was considered to be a stepping stone to the presidency and so was a prize plum. Clay was from Kentucky , a western state, and so it would have been natural for him to favor Jackson if he had not made a bargain to help himself.

* Old Man Eloquent Comparing him to a character who featured in the works of the poet John Milton * King John IIPresumably making his father and predecessor King John the First * Publicola Latin name referring to his dedication to public service

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They are kinda the same but said different. one sounds like someone that can't talk and the other does sound right.

Adams lived long before presidents typically had a library to house their papers. The personal library of the Adams family, which contains some 14,000 books is located in a stone building on the grounds of the family home in Braintree, Mass, is run by the Park Service.

John Quincy Adams asked congress to pass a national economic program. The measure did not pass during President Adams 4 years in office.

he served one

The Monroe Doctrine was prompted by concerns that Spain might try to take back some of the newly declared independent countries in South American and that Russia might extend her claims in Alaska southward into the Oregon territory.

You are probably referring to the recent gold-colored , but not gold , 1$ US coins,

They are still worth one-dollar and do have not added collector's value at this time since

they are still in circulation and everybody who wanted one could get one at a local bank.

John C. Calhoun from SC served as vice president while Adams was president. Calhoun remained the Vice-President of the United States for three years under the next president Andrew Jackson . Calhoun became the first VP to resign from office, on December 28, 1832, when he decided to run for Senate.

He was born in Boston where his father was active in revolutionary activities.

He witnessed the Battle of Bunker Hill when he was eight and had first hand knowledge of the beginning of the Revolution. He spent seven years in Europe with his family living in several different places then came back to Boston as a young man after the war ended.

One of John Quincy Adams' biggest achievements was becoming a U.S. president. He was the son of a former president (John Adams). John Quincy Adams was the 6th president of the United States. Before that, he had became known as a very effective Secretary of State under President James Monroe: Adams helped the United States to peacefully acquire new territories, negotiating with both Spain and England. He also helped to formulate the Monroe Doctrine, which opposed further European efforts to colonize independent nations in North or South America.

During John Quincy Adams' time in office, America wasn't involved in foreign events. The United States was scene as peaceful as a result of the end of the Napoleonic wars. Parliament watched over England, and the monarchy in France was restored. The United States was involved with thriving amount of sectionalism. The only foreign event that occurred was the Panama Congress. This was when American nations met with the British in order to resolve trade issues within the West Indies.

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Yes an alligator and silkworms. It should be pointed out that the silkworms were the property of his wife Louise Johnson. She raised them for the silk which she had woven into dresses. The alligator was given to him by General Marquis de Lafayette and lived in his East Romm bathtub. Reportedly he liked to see the "spectacle of guests fleeing the room in terror".

none when he was President. There were no national parties then. In 1824, he got his votes from the remnants of the Federalists in the Northeast. In 1828, Adams was supported by a loosely organized group know as the National Republicans which was mostly the same group that had supported him in 1824, combined with anti-Jackson people around the country. They later developed into the Whig party which Adams joined and became influential in.

During John Adam's term the capital of the United States moved to Washington D.C in the year 1800. The Navel and Marine Corps were created as well as, the establishment of the Library of Congress.

John Quincy Adams' victory in 1824 was aided by a man named Henry Clay. In return, Adams appointed Clay as Secretary of State.

yes he had an alligator right in the white house in a bathtub

yes he had an alligator right in the white house in a bathtub

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Abigail Smith Adams(1744-1818) was John Quincy's mother.

In 1824, John Quincy Adams was Elected president ?

John Quincy Adams was elected into senate in 1803 as Senator of Massachusetts, he only served one year before he became a lawyer in the supreme court, Russian ambassador, secretary of state and ultimately US president.