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1 day ago · In “The Great Speech of Clay,” one political cartoon with this trope, Clay’s anti-war audience (to the right) includes Horace Greeley, editor of the New York Tribune, who compares the position of anti-war Whigs with that of the New England Federalists who organized the Hartford Convention.
1 day ago · Adams fired Secretary of State Timothy Pickering, a Hamilton supporter, after Pickering tried to undermine peace negotiations with France. Adams directed Marshall to bring an end to the Quasi-War and settle ongoing disputes with Britain, Spain , and the Barbary States .
2 days ago · Federalist Postmasters General, Timothy Pickering (1791–94) and Joseph Habersham (1795–1801) appointed and removed local postmasters to maximize party funding. Numerous printers were appointed as postmasters.
5 days ago · Introduction. Since entering into office, President James Polk (1795–1849) had been determined to acquire territory held by Mexico west of the newly annexed state of Texas, particularly California, for a number of reasons.
5 days ago · Anxious to free his hand in the war with Mexico, President James Polk arranged a compromise territorial settlement with Britain in 1846. But America came out well ahead in terms of useful lands (the current states of Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and parts of Montana and Wyoming).
2 days ago · John Quincy Adams. John Quincy Adams ( / ˈkwɪnzi / ⓘ; [a] 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.
2 days ago · In an effort to maintain consistency between the Washington cabinet and his own, and to maintain peace, to some extent, within the Federalist Party, Adams asked the four department heads to join him: Secretary of State Timothy Pickering, Secretary of the Treasury Oliver Wolcott, Jr, Secretary of War James McHenry and Attorney General Charles Lee.
