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"If elected--" unsuccessful candidates for the presidency, 1796-1968 the staff of the Historian's Office, National Portrait Gallery, Lillian B. Miller [and others]

From the Constitution to the emergence of parties, 1787-1796: Thomas Jefferson (1796) -- Thomas Pinckney (1796) -- 1800: "Revolution in principles": John Adams (1800 ...
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How much historical document written by John Quincy Adams is selling for

A unique document containing notes written by future President John Quincy Adams in preparation for his first case before the Supreme Court is for sale for $75,000. In 1804, Adams, then a U.S. senator ...

John Quincy Adams: Sixth president of the United States

John Quincy Adams was born in Braintree, Massachusetts, on July 11, 1767, the first son of John and Abigail Adams. John and ...
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John Adams thought Independence Day should be celebrated on July 2. Why is it on July 4?

In 1777, Quincy's John Adams did not get his way. The year before, on July 2, 1776, when the Continental Congress voted to officially separate from Great Britain he made a big prediction. John Adams ...