The first president, the son of a president, John Quincy Adams in many ways parallels the career and the temperament and viewpoints of his illustrious father was. Born in Braintree, Massachusetts, in 1767, he saw at the Battle of Bunker Hill from the top of Penn's Hill above the family farm. As secretary to his father in Europe, he was an accomplished linguist and diligent diarist.
After studying at Harvard College, he became a lawyer. At the age of 26 he was promoted to minister in the Netherlands, then in the Berlin embassy. In 1802 he was elected to the Senate of the United States. Six years later President Madison appointed him minister to Russia.
Serving under President Monroe, Adams was one of the great secretaries Americas Foreign Affairs, negotiation with England for the joint occupation of Oregon Country, in Spain, the transfer from Florida, and the formulation of the chairman of the Monroe Doctrine.
In the political tradition of the early 19th Century, Adams as Secretary of State as the political heir to the presidency. But the old way, the election of a president in 1824, yielded to the call for a popular choice.
Within the one and only one party - the Republicans - sectionalism and factionalism were developing, and each section put its own candidate for the presidency. Adams, the candidate of the North, fell behind General Andrew Jackson in both popular and electoral votes, but received more than William H. Crawford and Henry Clay. Because neither candidate had a majority of electoral votes, the choice among the three was decided by the Chamber of Deputies. Clay, a program similar to the favor of Adams, threw his crucial support in the House of the New Englander.
President Adams appointed Clay as she as Secretary of State. Jackson and his angry followers charged that a "corrupt bargain" had taken place and immediately began their campaign to wrest the presidency from Adams to in 1828.
Knowing that his face hostility in Congress, Adams nevertheless proclaimed in his first annual report message, a spectacular national program. He said the federal government, the sections together with a network of roads and canals, and that the development and maintenance of public domain, with funds from the sale of public lands. In 1828 he broke ground for the 185-mile C & 0 Canal.
Adams urged the United States, held the lead role in the development of the arts and sciences through the creation of a national university, the financing of scientific expeditions and the construction of an observatory. His critics declared such measures overcome constitutional boundaries.
The campaign of 1828, which his opponents accused him of corruption and plunder Jackson public was an ordeal Adams did not have an easy to carry. After his defeat, he returned to Massachusetts for the rest of his life enjoying his farm expected and his books.
Unexpectedly, in 1830 the Plymouth district elected him to the House of Representatives, and there for the rest of his life he was a strong leader. Above all, he fought against the restriction of civil liberties.
Passed in 1836, southern congressmen a "gag rule" assumes that the House automatically table petitions against slavery. Adams tirelessly fought the rule, eight years until he finally received his suspension.
In 1848, he broke on the floor of the house of a stroke and to the Speaker of the room was transported, where he died two days later. He was buried - like his father, mother and wife - at First Parish Church in Quincy. In the end, "Old Man Eloquent" fought for what he believed was right.
After studying at Harvard College, he became a lawyer. At the age of 26 he was promoted to minister in the Netherlands, then in the Berlin embassy. In 1802 he was elected to the Senate of the United States. Six years later President Madison appointed him minister to Russia.
Serving under President Monroe, Adams was one of the great secretaries Americas Foreign Affairs, negotiation with England for the joint occupation of Oregon Country, in Spain, the transfer from Florida, and the formulation of the chairman of the Monroe Doctrine.
In the political tradition of the early 19th Century, Adams as Secretary of State as the political heir to the presidency. But the old way, the election of a president in 1824, yielded to the call for a popular choice.
Within the one and only one party - the Republicans - sectionalism and factionalism were developing, and each section put its own candidate for the presidency. Adams, the candidate of the North, fell behind General Andrew Jackson in both popular and electoral votes, but received more than William H. Crawford and Henry Clay. Because neither candidate had a majority of electoral votes, the choice among the three was decided by the Chamber of Deputies. Clay, a program similar to the favor of Adams, threw his crucial support in the House of the New Englander.
President Adams appointed Clay as she as Secretary of State. Jackson and his angry followers charged that a "corrupt bargain" had taken place and immediately began their campaign to wrest the presidency from Adams to in 1828.
Knowing that his face hostility in Congress, Adams nevertheless proclaimed in his first annual report message, a spectacular national program. He said the federal government, the sections together with a network of roads and canals, and that the development and maintenance of public domain, with funds from the sale of public lands. In 1828 he broke ground for the 185-mile C & 0 Canal.
Adams urged the United States, held the lead role in the development of the arts and sciences through the creation of a national university, the financing of scientific expeditions and the construction of an observatory. His critics declared such measures overcome constitutional boundaries.
The campaign of 1828, which his opponents accused him of corruption and plunder Jackson public was an ordeal Adams did not have an easy to carry. After his defeat, he returned to Massachusetts for the rest of his life enjoying his farm expected and his books.
Unexpectedly, in 1830 the Plymouth district elected him to the House of Representatives, and there for the rest of his life he was a strong leader. Above all, he fought against the restriction of civil liberties.
Passed in 1836, southern congressmen a "gag rule" assumes that the House automatically table petitions against slavery. Adams tirelessly fought the rule, eight years until he finally received his suspension.
In 1848, he broke on the floor of the house of a stroke and to the Speaker of the room was transported, where he died two days later. He was buried - like his father, mother and wife - at First Parish Church in Quincy. In the end, "Old Man Eloquent" fought for what he believed was right.
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