John Quincy Adams
The American Presidents Series: The 6th President, 1825-1829
Reeks: The American Presidents
Robert V. Remini
- A
- vivid
- portrait
- of
- a
- man
- whose
- pre-
- and
- post-presidential
- careers
- overshadowed
- his
- presidency.Chosen
- president
- by
- the
- House
- of
- Representatives
- after
- an
- inconclusive
- election
- against
- Andrew
- Jackson,
- John
- Quincy
- Adams
- often
- failed
- to
- mesh
- with
- the
- ethos
- of
- his
- era,
- pushing
- unsuccessfully
- for
- a
- strong,
- consolidated
- national
- government.
- Historian
- Robert
- V.
- Remini
- recounts
- how
- in
- the
- years
- before
- his
- presidency
- Adams
- was
- a
- shrewd,
- influential
- diplomat,
- and
- later,
- as
- a
- dynamic
- secretary
- of
- state
- under
- President
- James
- Monroe,
- he
- solidified
- many
- basic
- aspects
- of
- American
- foreign
- policy,
- including
- the
- Monroe
- Doctrine.Undoubtedly
- his
- greatest
- triumph
- was
- the
- negotiation
- of
- the
- Transcontinental
- Treaty,
- through
- which
- Spain
- acknowledged
- Florida
- to
- be
- part
- of
- the
- United
- States.
- After
- his
- term
- in
- office,
- he
- earned
- the
- nickname
- "Old
- Man
- Eloquent"
- for
- his
- passionate
- antislavery speeches.
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