The great-grandson of legendary financier J.P. Morgan was also an Olympic gold medalist John Adams Morgan has died at the age ...

February 9: Finishing second in the popular vote, but with no clear electoral college majority, John Quincy Adams is chosen president by the House of Representatives. Like his father, he will ...

If John Quincy Adams had retired after his service in the administration of President James Monroe, his reputation might ...

The election of 1824 was contested by four candidates, John Quincy Adams, Henry Clay, William Crawford, and Andrew Jackson, none of whom won the majority. The election was decided by a vote in the ...

The House of Representatives elected John Quincy Adams president after no candidate received a majority of electoral votes.

The names honored the incumbent sixth President John Quincy Adams, son of Abigail and John Adams, the second president. John Adams signed the Declaration of Independence, drafted principally by ...