Like his father, he cultivated few allies in Congress. Adams left the White House in 1829. In 1831 John Quincy was elected by Massachusetts voters to the U.S. House of Representatives -- a first ...

The election of 1824 was contested by four candidates, John Quincy Adams, Henry Clay, William Crawford, and Andrew Jackson, none of whom won the majority. The election was decided by a vote in the ...

There are 17 communities in the U.S. named Quincy. Apparently, the only with a unique pronunciation is in Massachusetts. Here ...

American astronomy thrives today largely because of the underpinnings achieved by John Quincy Adams in his far-reaching ...

When John Quincy Adams left the White House after his defeat in the election of 1828, he thought his public life had ended. His wife, Louisa Catherine Adams, welcomed the change because she ...

The city of Quincy, Massachusetts, is named after Col. John Quincy, a prominent figure in the Massachusetts Bay Colony and the grandfather of Abigail Adams ... the birthplace of Boston Red ...

John Quincy's maternal granddaughters. The Abigail Adams birthplace in Weymouth ... acting as speaker of the House for 12 of those years, according to Edwards' history. At age 64, the colonel ...