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3 days ago · 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.
4 days ago · John Quincy Adams was one of the most significant statesmen-intellectuals of the Early American Republic. Highly intelligent, well-traveled, and massively educated, Adams was a Christian nationalist who believed that the American Republic was destined to be a shining example of democracy and liberty to the rest of the world.
1 day ago · Randall Woods, a Distinguished Professor of history at the U of A, has published a new biography, John Quincy Adams: A Man for the Whole People. Woods describes the biography, which he spent eight years working on, as one-third travelogue, one-third family history and one-third political-diplomatic history. His underlying goal was "to make the ...
4 days ago · John Adams (born October 30 [October 19, Old Style], 1735, Braintree [now in Quincy], Massachusetts [U.S.]—died July 4, 1826, Quincy, Massachusetts, U.S.) was an early advocate of American independence from Great Britain, a major figure in the Continental Congress (1774–77), the author of the Massachusetts constitution (1780), a signer of ...
1 day ago · To be clear, Randall Woods’ “John Quincy Adams: A Man for the Whole People” is not a leisurely read designed for the beach or airport. Clocking in at more than 700 pages, Woods’ biography of the sixth president is massive in both length and scope.
6 days ago · Randall Woods’ “John Quincy Adams: A Man for the Whole People” is not a leisurely read designed for the beach or airport. Clocking in at more than 700 pages, Woods’ biography of the...
5 days ago · Learn about John Adams, one of the most important Founding Fathers of the United States. He was a lawyer, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, a diplomat, a vice president, and the second president.
