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John Quincy Adams (/ ˈ k w ɪ n z i / ⓘ; July 11, 1767 – February 23, 1848) was an American statesman, politician, diplomat, lawyer, and diarist who served as the sixth president of the United States, from 1825 to 1829. He previously served as the eighth United States secretary of state from 1817 to 1825.
John Quincy Adams, son of John and Abigail Adams, served as the sixth President of the United States from 1825 to 1829. A member of multiple political parties over the years, he also...
Characterizing Adams's victory as the result of a "corrupt bargain" between Adams and Clay, Jackson and his supporters, including Martin Van Buren and Vice President John C. Calhoun, spent the ensuing three years constructing the organization that would become the modern Democratic Party.
Domestic Affairs. Foreign Affairs. Life After the Presidency. Family Life. Impact and Legacy. Scholarly essays, speeches, photos, and other resources on John Quincy Adams, the 6th US president (1825-1829), including information on the 1824 election and Adams’ tenure in House of Representatives.
Additionally, many staunch Democratic-Republicans blamed Adams and his supporters for having transformed the party of Jefferson into a disguised form of Federalism under the rubric of "National Republicans." Southerners, moreover, objected to Adams because of his moral opposition to slavery.
John Quincy Adams was definitely qualified to be a president, but many of his plans for the Union were never accepted and some of his arguments were contrary to the political beliefs of that time, and the trends of increased partisan views and voter interest.
John Adams was an early advocate of American independence from Great Britain, a major figure in the Continental Congress (1774–77), the author of the Massachusetts constitution (1780), a signer of the Treaty of Paris (1783), the first American ambassador to the Court of St. James (1785–88), and the
