Mr. Adams's last crusade : John Quincy Adams's extraordinary post-presidential life in Congress /

When John Quincy Adams--the sixty-three-year-old former president, U.S. senator, secretary of state, and diplomat--was elected to the House of Representatives by his Massachusetts neighbors, he embarked on a spectacular late-life career. He became Congress's most acerbic and influential critic...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wheelan, Joseph
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : PublicAffairs, ©2008.
Edición:1st ed.
Temas:
Adams, John Quincy, > 1767-1848.
Adams, John Quincy, > 1767-1848 > Political and social views.
Adams, John Quincy, > 1767-1848
United States. > Congress. > House > Biography.
United States. > Congress. > House
1815-1861
Legislators > United States > Biography.
Presidents > United States > Biography.
Parlementaires > États-Unis > Biographies.
HISTORY.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
Legislators
Political and social views
Politics and government
Presidents
United States > Politics and government > 1815-1861.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 1815-1861.
United States
Biographies
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Favored son of the Revolution
  • The road to the presidency
  • An "agony of mind"
  • The freshman Congressman
  • A worthy cause
  • Adams, science, and the Smithsonian Institution
  • Lightning rod of Congress
  • "True and honest hearts love you"
  • The Amistad
  • "Old Nestor"
  • Triumph
  • A new war and decline.

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