With the 1824 election approaching, Secretary of State John Quincy Adams probably thought he was President James Monroe’s ...

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when Andrew Jackson stormed into the White House after a similarly decisive electoral victory over what he believed to be a stolen election of 1824 by John Quincy Adams. Mr. Jackson, our seventh ...

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As Callista and I sat in the Rotunda listening to President Donald Trump’s Inaugural Address, I realized that it was among ...

John Quincy Adams in 1829 and Andrew Johnson in 1869. The first Adams left the capital early the morning of the inauguration, and never indicated why. The second Adams, his son, did not invited his ...

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The US now faces the likelihood of a bruising and raucous set of confirmation hearings − a clear break from the cooperative system the founders established.

John Quincy Adams took his oath in 1825 on a law book ... The second Adams, his son, did not invited his successor, Andrew Jackson, to the White House, which he left the day before the inauguration.

The coalition collapse that doomed Biden follows a grim precedent set by another Democratic leader: Jimmy Carter.