Like his father, he cultivated few allies in Congress. Adams left the White House in 1829. In 1831 John Quincy was elected by Massachusetts voters to the U.S. House of Representatives -- a first ...

John Quincy's maternal granddaughters. The Abigail Adams birthplace in Weymouth ... acting as speaker of the House for 12 of those years, according to Edwards' history. At age 64, the colonel ...

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 ...