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… state and a man eminently qualified for executive office, John Quincy Adams was hopelessly weakened in his leadership potential as a result of the election of 1824. Most importantly, Adams failed as a President principally because he was a poor … John Quincy Adams: Impact and Legacy …
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… John Quincy Adams's administration achieved a mixed record in foreign … which granted the United States reciprocal trading rights. Adams arranged to extend indefinitely a commercial convention … during the War of 1812. On the other hand, President Adams was prevented from resolving the ongoing issue of trade …
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… The "American System": President John Quincy Adams wholeheartedly supported the role of the federal … but regionally specialized, national economy. Both Adams and Clay believed that a factory-based northern economy … John Quincy Adams: Domestic Affairs …
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… John Quincy Adams was born on July 11, 1767, in the village of Braintree … him mathematics, languages, and the classics. His father, John Adams, had been politically active for all of John … Franklin—he studied fencing, dance, music, and art. The Adamses remained in France for a little over a year and then …
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… After his defeat by Andrew Jackson in 1828, John Quincy Adams refused to attend the victor's inauguration, just as … Mary Catherine Hellen Adams (widow of his second son John Adams II), and granddaughter Mary Louisa Adams. … John Quincy Adams: Life After the Presidency …
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… Abigail Adams is probably best remembered for urging her husband, John Adams, to "Remember the Ladies." At a time when John was … Abigail Adams …
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… When John Quincy Adams was a candidate for President of the United States in … journalists, lobbying them for their support in advancing Adams's presidential aspirations. She also encouraged her … Louisa Adams …
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… Charles Francis Adams was born in Quincy, Massachusetts, on August 2, 1866. He was the grandson of John Quincy Adams, the sixth President, and the great-grandson of John Adams, the second President. Adams received his … Charles F. Adams (1929–1933) …
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… John Marshall was born September 24, 1755, in Fauquier … but Marshall declined them both. During the presidency of John Adams, he accepted a post as one of three commissioners … Affair, nearly brought the two countries to war. President Adams's diplomacy averted war, but the event significantly …
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… John Caldwell Calhoun was born March 18, 1782, near … but recognizing his inability to compete with John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson, Henry Clay, or William Crawford, he … John C. Calhoun (1825-1829) …
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… John McLean was born March 11, 1785, in Morris County, New … was reappointed to that position by President John Quincy Adams (1825-1829). He declined offers of cabinet positions in … John McLean (1825–1829) …
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… John Caldwell Calhoun was born March 18, 1782, near … presidency, but recognizing his inability to compete with John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson, Henry Clay, or William Crawford, he … John C. Calhoun (1829–1832) …
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… decisively. During the campaign, Jackson had charged the Adams bureaucracy with fraud and with working against his … only goals. Yet he accepted an officeholder's support for Adams as evidence of unfitness, and in choosing replacements … opposition to the tariff headed by his own vice president, John C. Calhoun of South Carolina. Radical South Carolinians …
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… John Adams Dix was born in 1798 in Boscawen, New Hampshire. He … in his bid to become mayor of New York City in 1876. John Adams Dix died in 1879. … John A. Dix (1861) …
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… John Caldwell Calhoun was born March 18, 1782, near … presidency, but recognizing his inability to compete with John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson, Henry Clay, or William Crawford, he … John C. Calhoun (1844–1845) …
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… John Caldwell Calhoun was born March 18, 1782, near … presidency, but recognizing his inability to compete with John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson, Henry Clay, or William Crawford, he … John C. Calhoun (1817–1825) …
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… John McLean was born March 11, 1785, in Morris County, New … Monroe and was reappointed to that position by President John Quincy Adams (1825-1829). He declined offers of cabinet positions in … John McLean (1823–1825) …
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… John Tyler's rise to the highest office in the nation … and both their fathers served as governor of Virginia. John and Mary Armistead Tyler raised each of their eight … "King Andrew" In 1824, Tyler supported John Quincy Adams's successful presidential candidacy, mainly because it …
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… 1800, Dexter accepted an offer from President John Adams to join his cabinet as secretary of war. By the end of …
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… creation of the Department of the Navy in 1798, President John Adams found himself with another cabinet position to fill. …