It's quiz time Sep 4, 2009
Page last updated at 00:20 GMT, Friday, 4 September 2009 01:20 UK. Weekly world news quiz. (BBC News)
Useless Knowledge: Earn seal of approval on presidents Sep 4, 2009
John Quincy Adams; 14. Thomas Jefferson; 15. (Montana Standard, MT)
What's the Future of Political Dynasties? Aug 28, 2009
And John Adams's critics railed against him for president because he had a son, John Quincy Adams, who was showing interest in politics. The men became the country's second and sixth presidents. (CBS News -- Politics)
Tracing Welsh Ancestry Aug 27, 2009
Some well known Welsh descendants in America are actress Bette Davis, actor Humphrey Bogart, explorers Daniel Boone and Meriwether Lewis, authors Sinclair Lewis and Jack London, comedian Bob Hope and U. S. presidents James Madison, John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, James Monroe, Calvin Coolidge and current President Barack Obama. The copyright of the article Tracing Welsh Ancestry in is owned by. (Suite101.com)
10 Questions for Ted Kennedy Aug 26, 2009
Most people think I was John Quincy Adams. I'll probably leave it there. (Time.com)
Letters for Saturday, August 22, 2009 Aug 23, 2009
Presidents George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson and William Henry Harrison all have something in common. We can interpret that they were not born in America. (Lihue Garden Island, HA)
Ray Ross, 66, political activist worked with disabled Aug 9, 2009
A deep and expansive reader, Mr. Ross was fond of history and psychology - quotes from John Quincy Adams and Carl Jung adorned his memorial service program. Given to wordplay, Mr. Ross rarely let pass the chance to twist a name or phrase. (Boston Globe)
Salon's handy-dandy guide to refuting the Birthers (669) Aug 7, 2009
Letters: Salon's handy-dandy guide to refuting the Birthers - Salon. Letters to the Editor. (Salon)
Tweets from the beyond: John Quincy Adams Twittering Aug 6, 2009
Starting today, the will be offering up excerpts from John Quincy Adams' line-a-day diary as tweets. The diary entries track Adams' voyage to Russia, which kicked off on Aug. 5, 1809. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Technology)
J.Q. Adams, Twitterer Aug 6, 2009
Try John Quincy Adams' resurrected daily advice and observations ... Those of us who think modern bloggers and Twitterers have taken self-chronicling (or self-absorption) to new heights (or depths) might consider the case of John Quincy Adams, the sixth president of the United States ... The historical society plans to launch a John Quincy Adams Twitter feed next week. (The American Conservative)
John Quincy Adams Tweeted Before Obama Aug 5, 2009
This undated file image shows a June 1, 1844, painting by George Caleb Bingham of John Quincy Adams, sixth president of the United States from 1825 to 1829 ... A portion of former President John Quincy Adams's "line-a-day" diary is seen at the Massachusetts Historical Society in Boston, Monday ... (AP) It seems John Quincy Adams was way ahead of his time. (CBS News)
John Quincy Adams Tweets From 200 Years Ago Aug 5, 2009
This undated file image shows a portrait painted by artist John Singleton Copley of John Quincy Adams. BOSTON It seems John Quincy Adams was way ahead of his time. (Fox News)
• John Quincy Adams tweeting thanks to Mass. society Aug 5, 2009
com: John Quincy Adams tweeting thanks to Mass ... John Quincy Adams tweeting thanks to Mass ... It seems John Quincy Adams was way ahead of his time. (Herald Sun)
Postings will make Adams all a-Twitter Aug 5, 2009
It seems John Quincy Adams was way ahead of his time. A high school student touring the sixth US president s archives recently noticed that his bite-sized diary entries looked a lot like tweets. (Boston Globe)
Tomb sparks research into interesting past Jul 24, 2009
Henry Clay's 40-year career in politics includes five terms as speaker of the House, four terms as a United States senator and service as secretary of state under President John Quincy Adams. Known as the "Great Compromiser" for his several successful efforts at compromise between North and South over the issue of slavery, Henry Clay was also three times his party's nominee for president, a prize denied him in 1824, 1828, and 1844, when voters elected John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson and James... (Chatham Star Tribune, VA)
Letters to the editor (7/14/09) Jul 14, 2009
(He won the popular vote by a wide margin in the 1824 presidential election, but John Quincy Adams became president in what became known as the "corrupt bargain" election. The Hero of New Orleans was nonetheless elected president in 1828 and 1832. (Anchorage Daily News)
Today in History Jul 11, 2009
In 1767, John Quincy Adams, the sixth president of the United States, was born in Braintree, Mass. In 1798, the U.S. Marine Corps was formally re-established by a congressional act that also created the U.S. Marine Band. (Yahoo News)
'CHRISTIAN NATION'?: Book paints complex picture of Founding Fathers' faith Jul 10, 2009
The first U.S. presidents, George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe and John Quincy Adams from the book Presidents, A Pictorial Guide to the Presidents Birthplaces, Homes and Burial Sites. A different book paints the Founders as neither evangelicals nor secularists. (USA Today -- News)
Frost: How we celebrated the Fourth of July Jul 9, 2009
We learned, along with a whole lot of other fascinating historical stuff, that Jefferson and John Quincy Adams, both signers of the Declaration of Independence, died within hours of each other on July 4, 1826 exactly 50 years after the signing of the declaration they had created. (My wording here is borrowed from a nice piece from the Orlando Sentinel, Thomas Jefferson & John Adams: A revolutionary reconciliation, published July 4, 2009. (Lincoln Journal, MA)
Welcome to Obamacare Theater Jul 5, 2009
You should vote as John Quincy Adams proclaimed:"Always vote for principle though you may vote alone. And you may cherish the sweetest reflection tha your vote is never lost." You probably won't care, but there is a party out there. It's called the "Constitution Party" The lesser of two evils is still evil no matter how you look at it. (Townhall.com)
Died on the Fourth of July Jul 4, 2009
This protest against the loose construction and internal improvements of the John Quincy Adams administration is usually shrugged off by historians as the soured work of a crabbed and distrustful old man who was smothered by localism, as Leonard W. Levy characterized the elderly Jefferson. It is said to reflect poorly on Jefferson, says Crawford, and is derogated as the sad evidence of its author s deterioration, of a cramped, suspicious, and, above all, illiberal attachment to his native... (The American Conservative)
What freedom means Jul 3, 2009
-- John Quincy Adams. It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either of them. (NJ.com -- Times)
• Why we turned out this way Jun 30, 2009
John Quincy Adams, 1767-1848 - The future sixth president of the United States was the secretary of state when he cut a deal with Spanish Foreign Minister Luis de Onis in 1819 to draw the boundary separating Spanish America and the Oregon Country along the 42nd parallel, the current southern border of Idaho. The Jackson-Onis Treaty led directly to the establishment to the territories and later the states of Idaho, Oregon, Washington and Montana. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
Non-Interference Means Not Interfering Jun 28, 2009
To borrow from the of then-Secretary of State John Quincy Adams, America has abstained from interference in the concerns of others, even when conflict has been for principles to which she clings, as to the last vital drop that visits the heart. We have grown so accustomed to interference that we seem incapable of grasping that it is deeply at odds with our earliest traditions of foreign policy. (The American Conservative)
Church to celebrate faith, freedom with ‘God and Country’ Sunday Jun 26, 2009
We re going to honor the soldiers; we re going to honor John Quincy Adams, who had a tremendous Fourth of July speech. We want to thank God that Americans have the freedoms that we have today, Lucas said. (Sealy News, TX)
Donna Fabiano retires Friday, leads the parade Saturday Jun 25, 2009
The records of John Adams, John Quincy Adams and John Hancock are stored here. Also in the room filled with history is a huge copy of the deed to the town framed in ornate mahogany when Chief Wampatuck sold the land in 1665 for 21 pounds and 10 shillings, the equivalent of $170. (Braintree Forum, MA)
American Presidents' Religious Affi... Jun 5, 2009
In some cases, religion played some part in campaigns: John Quincy Adams, a Unitarian, was accused of being an atheist in 1828; in 1928 Alfred Smith s Catholicism was an issue ... Only two related Presidents, John Adams and his son, John Quincy Adams, followed the same religious tradition; both were Unitarians ... Although John Quincy Adams was the first President to quote scripture in his inaugural address, it was not until Abraham Lincoln s Second Inaugural that the practice became normal. (Suite101.com)
College Education and American Pres... Jun 4, 2009
Andrew Jackson was presented with an honorary degree by Harvard, an action that prompted John Quincy Adams to protest to the college trustees and threaten to return his earned degree. Sources. (Suite101.com)
This "American Freedom Thing" Makes People Uncomfortable Jun 2, 2009
And it may be news to some that while campaigning for re-election in 1828, President John Quincy Adams was so ugly in his attacks on his opponents wife, Rachel Jackson became emotionally debilitated during the campaign, and died from a heart attack days after Andrew Jackson won the election (she was, quite literally, buried in the dress that she intended to wear at her husbands inauguration). But those are examples of politicians and candidates beating-up on each other. (Townhall.com)
South Shore Hospital cancer center nears completion Jun 1, 2009
We understand that the beech tree in the town goes back to the days of John Quincy Adams. This tree could have been here at that time. (Weymouth News, MA)
Torture memos and historical amnesia May 21, 2009
Long after his own significant contributions to the process were past, John Quincy Adams deplored the fate of "that hapless race of native Americans, which we are exterminating with such merciless and perfidious cruelty among the heinous sins of this nation, for which I believe God will one day bring [it] to judgement". The "merciless and perfidious cruelty" continued until "the West was won". (Asia Times Online)
David Herbert Donald; noted historian won two Pulitzers May 20, 2009
At the time of his death, he was working on a study of the influential post-presidential life of John Quincy Adams. A past president of the Southern Historical Association, Dr. Donald was the recipient of a Fulbright Fellowship and was twice awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship. (Boston Globe)
Obituaries in the news May 20, 2009
He was working on a "character study" of John Quincy Adams at his death, his wife said. Showing: lect. (Fresno Bee -- Nation)
Lincoln Historian David Herbert Donald Dies May 20, 2009
He was working on a "character study" of John Quincy Adams at his death, his wife said. "He was a very hard worker, and his family, his writing and teaching were his life in that order," she said. (CBS News -- US)
A Catholic outpost at Brandeis May 15, 2009
Cuenin is also president of the Massachusetts Bible Society, cofounded by John Quincy Adams almost exactly 200 years ago. Once primarily in the business of distributing Bibles, the MBS now also underwrites Internet ventures. (Boston Globe)
Beyond words May 3, 2009
99 This book celebrates the South Shore, depicting dramatic, wide-angle seascapes, scenic forests, and places rich in history like Quincy, where you'll find the Adams estate (above), home to Presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams. Copyright 2009 Globe Newspaper Company. (Boston Globe)
CARLSBAD: Colonial history may be coming to Carlsbad Apr 28, 2009
"With his help, we were able to recently acquire a rare, original letter by President John Quincy Adams, an early member of our society, and add it to our collections," he wrote in an e-mail Thursday. In his report to the city of Carlsbad, Bartlett said that he was proposing to build a combination museum/restaurant because he thinks typical museums are "undervisited because they are perceived as boring.". (North County Times)
The Republic Strikes Back Apr 20, 2009
I saw this dream last Labor Day weekend when Ron Paul, the legislative embodiment of John Quincy Adams s gnome Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost threw a Rally for the Republic in Minneapolis as a Twin Cities counterpoint to John McCain s zombie dance in St. Paul. I was a last-minute addition to the rally s roster of speakers and hell-raisers. (The American Conservative)
State on right track by joining national popular vote compact Apr 17, 2009
The Electoral College has elected four presidents who received fewer votes than their opponents John Quincy Adams, Rutherford Hayes, Benjamin Harrison and George W. Bush. The nation survived, but each of those elections run amuck the fundamental democratic tenet of majority rule. (Longview Daily News, WA)
Visit D.C. Obama-style Apr 16, 2009
The hotel, which opened in 1928, was built on the site of homes that belonged to John Hay, President Abraham Lincoln's private assistant who later served as secretary of state, and Henry Adams, a respected author and descendant of presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams. If rates starting at more than $300 a night are out of range, consider checking into Off the Record, the hotel's elegant bar, for a cocktail and a snack. (CNN -- Travel)
Movie night to feature 'Amistad' Apr 8, 2009
An Abolitionist lawyer takes the case as far as the Supreme Court where John Quincy Adams pleas for their freedom. Pilgrim Congregational is located at 55 Coolidge Ave. The movie is free of charge. (Lexington Minuteman, MA)
Historical Saturday with Lincoln, Gould Mar 30, 2009
Among the society's invaluable collections are the papers of John and Abigail Adams and their son John Quincy Adams, objects, art, letters, diaries, early newspapers, broadsides, maps, photographs, and prints. Celebrating President Lincoln's 200th birthday, the open house features a 2 p.m. lecture by librarian Peter Drummey on the exhibit "With Hayseed in My Hair: Abraham Lincoln and Massachusetts." It was Lincoln who recalled a visit here in 1848: "I had been chosen to Congress then from the... (Boston Globe)
Presidential memoirs lack self-criticism Mar 25, 2009
Instead, the toughest White House critic we have is John Quincy Adams like Bush, the son of a president although his recriminations were noted in his diary, not in public. A high-minded, brooding intellectual who would demonstrate why high-minded, brooding intellectuals were not necessarily ideal for high office, Adams acknowledged, privately, his difficulties in getting along with others and that his distaste for politics came at the expense of enacting his policies. (MSNBC -- Politics)
The Homes of the First US President... Mar 24, 2009
Massachusetts, where the Pilgrims first formed their settlement, and the location of many events leading up to the American Revolution, was the home of the Presidential father and son John and John Quincy Adams ... Guided tours depart the visitors center, traveling to two houses, standing side by side, which are the birth places of John Adams and eldest son, John Quincy Adams (1767-1848), 6th United States President ... On the farm property visitors are also permitted inside the library of John... (Suite101.com)
Senator Gregg and the Princes Of Anarchy Mar 24, 2009
The odds are reasonable that Gregg came by his high office the same way that John Quincy Adams and George Bush did. Gregg's father was the governor of New Hampshire in the mid-1950s. (Time.com)
America's Faltering Faith Mar 24, 2009
Our second President, John Adams, said, "We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Avarice, ambition, revenge, or gallantry would break the strongest cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net. Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other." Adams' son, John Quincy Adams (our sixth President), declared, "This form of government... is... (Townhall.com)
Happy Birthday, Hingham! Mar 22, 2009
Thurston noted that in a speech before the Supreme Court in the late 1830s, President John Quincy Adams said, Who we are is who we were. The same holds true now, she said: When times call for holding back, we can still remember these words. (Hingham Journal, MA)
After long journey from prohibition, Arlington looks to relax liquor regulations again Mar 19, 2009
Later, the state elected an Arlington resident and anti-liquor Republican named John Quincy Adams Brackett, who served a brief term before being defeated and leaving office in 1891. By 1910, the town vote 3-1 against issuing all-alcohol licenses. (Arlington Advocate, MA)
Bush true election winner Mar 18, 2009
University of South Carolina Since 1908. Former presidents have great gigs; leaving office better than entering. (Gamecock Online, SC)
Letters to the editor (March 11) Mar 11, 2009
Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Monroe, John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren and their Senates committed money from the federal treasury to build churches through treaty agreements with Indian tribes. Robert G. Gourley wrote: How Prichard came to the conclusion that the Establishment Clause is to protect the state from the church is beyond me (Letters, Feb. 13, Clarifying a letter on church, state separation ). (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
US should learn to respect others Mar 5, 2009
Eight presidents were born British subjects: George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson, and William Henry Harrison. Therefore, they should address other countries and nations with respect, because Americans and the United States are the creation of older, astute countries. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Editorial)
School Notebook Mar 5, 2009
McLaughlin said that she applied and received a grant that will pay for an upcoming John Quincy Adams field trip for third graders. Through the Yellow Bus program sponsored by Bank of America, McLaughlin secured $200 for the field trip. (Holbrook Sun, MA)
Harvard Losing AAA Benefit in Bond Market Shows Perils of Derivative Debt Mar 4, 2009
Harvards alumni include John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Rutherford B. Hayes, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and John F. Kennedy. George W. Bush got his business degree from the university in 1975, and Obama is a 1991 graduate of Harvard Law School, the said. (Bloomberg)
Short train trip is quaint, fun Feb 27, 2009
The white-columned Fort Hill Plantation, built in 1803, was the home of John C. Calhoun, who was vice president under two presidents John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson. Anna Maria Calhoun, his daughter, married Thomas Clemson, founder of Clemson University. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Nikki Giovanni: Poet, writer, activist addresses plight of blacks then to now Feb 23, 2009
"There was Jane Adams, who told her husband, John Quincy Adams, not to forget the ladies in the Constitution," she said. "James Madison's wife, Dolly, liked to eat -- and anyone who likes to eat likes black people. There was Eleanor Roosevelt and Jackie Kennedy, and Jackie treated everyone the same way. We don't know about Hillary Clinton yet. But even Lady Bird Johnson was a bigot. Just because she was nice to me didn't mean she wasn't still a bigot. Strom Thurmond was a bigot and he had a... (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
Presidents' Day: Mattress sales and presidential rankings Feb 22, 2009
Bill Clinton ranks 18th in the C-SPAN historians' poll, flanked by John Quincy Adams and James Madison, both of whom, as Gerald Ford once put it, if they were alive today would be rolling over in their graves. Madison, after all, is the author of the Bill of Rights and the father of the U.S. Constitution. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
Six reporters take Obama jobs... Feb 19, 2009
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Washington's birthday evolves into Presidents Day Feb 18, 2009
This site last updated on, Tuesday, February 17, 2009. Is the $790 billion stimulus approved by a conference committee. (Keokuk Daily Gate City, IO)
Historian poll shuffles presidential rankings Feb 17, 2009
By Natasha T. Metzler, Associated Press Writer Monday, February 16, 2009. Former President George W. Bush, who left office last month, was ranked 36th out of the 42 men who had been chief executive by the end of 2008, according to a survey conducted by the cable channel C-SPAN.. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
And for extra credit, rank our presidents Feb 17, 2009
Lyndon B. Johnson is No. 11, followed by James Polk, Andrew Jackson, James Monroe, Bill Clinton, William McKinley, John Adams, George H.W. Bush, John Quincy Adams and James Madison. Three presidents who have served in office since 1980 are in the top 20, which feels unlikely on an intuitive level, though I'm not sure why it should. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Takes all kinds to be sedentary in White House, bathtub Feb 16, 2009
I should add that Adams later sneaked into office again by adding a middle name and pretending to be his own son, John Quincy Adams. The ruse worked, except at family reunions, where he would stand in a corner and talk to himself. (The Augusta Chronicle)
Make room for Millard: Celebrating ‘unknown’ presidents Feb 16, 2009
Make room for Millard: Celebrating unknown presidents : La Crosse Tribune. Web Search powered by YAHOO. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
Historians list of presidential rankings Feb 16, 2009
John Quincy Adams 19 19. James Madison 20 18. (KHOU.com, TX)
Celebrating Oregon Feb 15, 2009
Watching a video series about the life of John Quincy Adams, the second president of the United States, kindled Corvallis resident Beth Schaefers interest in the history of the country, as well as her own family. Saturday afternoon, Schaefers sat down with Jan Abele, a member of the Winema Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, to begin a genealogy search about her family and perhaps join the patriotic organization that was founded in 1890. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
Meet Gerry Connolly, Fairfax County’s New Rep on Capitol Hill Feb 8, 2009
Connolly said he had just finished reading a biography of John Quincy Adams tenure in the U.S. House of Representatives, and had started The House: The History of the House of Representatives by Robert Remini. Henry Clay: Statesman for the Union also by Remini is next on his list. (South County Chronicle, VA)
