Life and Times of Congressman John Quincy Adams

Name: Life and Times of Congressman John Quincy Adams
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ISBN: 9780195054279

ISBN-10: 019505427X

ISBN-13: 9780195054279

Edition: N/A

Authors: Leonard L. Richards

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Richards' study presents not only a vivid portrait of John Quincy Adams but also provides an insightful exploration of American politics in the 1830s and 40s. Examining one of the few presidents who sustained a political career after his term in the White House, Richards depicts how two years after losing the presidential election to Andrew Jackson, Adams ran for the House of Representatives and served there until his death seventeen years later. During his outstanding congressional career, Adams became a folk hero in much of the North--hailed by some as "Old Man Eloquent" and "the conscience of New England" by others--while much of the South feared him, regarding him as a traitor and the…

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List price: $10.99
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/14/1988
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 8.00" wide x 5.00" long x 0.58" tall
Weight: 0.616
Language: English

Sharon R. Krause is professor in and chair of the Department of Political Science at Brown University. She is the author of Civil Passions and Liberalism with Honor.