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… John Quincy Adams was born in 1767 in Braintree (presently Quincy), Massachusetts. Son of President John Adams, John Quincy Adams enjoyed an unparalleled … John Quincy Adams (1817–1825) …
Presidential Biographies
… Reared for public service, John Quincy Adams became one of the nation's preeminent secretaries of … to push his ideas into policy. His father, President John Adams, had also ignored the political side of the office … John Quincy Adams: Life in Brief …
Presidential Biographies
… During their years in the White House, President Adams and his wife Louisa seldom spent much time together. … office, they began taking separate summer vacations. For John Quincy Adams, regularity in life was lifted to obsession. He wrote … John Quincy Adams: Family Life …
Presidential Biographies
… The Campaign and Election of 1824: Although John Quincy Adams should have been the heir apparent to the presidency as … New Englander and as the son of the old Federalist leader John Adams. Additionally, many staunch Democratic-Republicans … John Quincy Adams: Campaigns and Elections …
Presidential Biographies
… 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 …
Presidential Biographies
… 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 …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… Adam … it and turned the last of it in, I think in June, and then John Kennedy Jr. died, and my editor called and said, I think … he listened— the usual purpose was I think, he’d say, Get Adam something. We’d be talking and he would say, Well, there … Adam Clymer Oral History …
Presidential Biographies
… 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 …
Presidential Recordings
… John W. McCormack … Adam Clayton Powell Jr. … Conversation with JOHN MCCORMACK, OFFICE CONVERSATION and ADAM CLAYTON POWELL, …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… Adams … Adams discusses obtaining a visa to visit America, the Good … Young Would you talk about why the visas were so important? Adams Let me give you an idea of what was happening in … British governmenton the other hand. Most famously with John Hume of the SDLP [Social Democratic and Labour Party].We …
Oral History Interviews
| Bill Clinton Project… Adams … Adams begins the interview about working with publisher Niall … helped connect him with the Bill Clinton administration. Adams discusses getting visas for Joe Cahill, Pat Treanor, … Riley This is the Gerry Adams interview, as a part of the [William J.] Clinton …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… John … John Seigenthaler begins by discussing his early relationship … Young This is an interview with John Seigenthaler in Washington on June 5. And before the … Seigenthaler Yes. Young And you were talking about the [John R.] McClellan Committee. Seigenthaler I was a journalist …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… John … and your career in journalism and as a writer. Farrell I’m John Aloysius Farrell, IV, which should indicate that I have … sort of recognizes how these little—there’s a lot of it in Adam Clymer’s book, these little tricks and judo moves were … about the inscribed copy of Rose’s memoir comes from Adam’s book. There was some bill that was going through Ways …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… John … Subcommittee in the House. This is all related to Adam Clayton Powell and to Carl Perkins and to all the … also on the committee, as were Edith Green, Hugh Carey, John Brademas, and all these people I had read about for … John F. Jennings Oral History …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… John … hello to him. It was after the election of President [John F.] Kennedy, and it was after Birmingham, after the … all at the hotel and there were people like Peter Evans or Adam [Walinsky], and I think Jeff Greenfield. We were out in … John Lewis Oral History …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… John … that you wish. Dingell I don’t think I will. Bring it to Adam’s [Benson] attention; Adam is very good on these things. … after that, and after he became Attorney General. Jack [John F. Kennedy] I saw and met a few times while he was in … John D. Dingell, Jr. Oral History …
Oral History Interviews
| Bill Clinton Project… John … Dr. John Gibbons and Associate Director Lionel Johns discuss technology issues like the National Science and … Presidential History Project with Dr. Gibbons and Mr. Johns. I will say on the record what we discussed off, that … is on the phone. No, it wasn’t Senator Kennedy; it was John Seigenthaler, who was the editor of the Nashville …
Presidential Biographies
… Abigail Adams is probably best remembered for urging her husband, John Adams, to "Remember the Ladies." At a time when John was … Abigail Adams …