![]() ![]() Harlow Giles Unger captures the many sides of Adams and his era in the superb John Quincy Adams. Still, his independence and political courage were remarkable, especially his post-presidential opposition to slavery. His presidency failed in part because of his own missteps (his inability to relate to the ordinary citizen) and partly by the efforts of his political opponents (primarily supporters of Andrew Jackson). Despite this illustrious background, he proved to be the most ineffective president in early American history. senator, he broke with his party and supported the Louisiana Purchase. ![]() A son of the nation’s second president, he was well educated at Harvard as secretary of state, he wrote what became known as the Monroe Doctrine and as a U.S. In 1825, when John Quincy Adams became the sixth president of the United States, he appeared to be as well prepared for the job as anyone could be. ![]()
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