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

After John Wood and Willard Keyes settled on the eastern bank of the Mississippi River in the 1820s, they petitioned the ...

QUINCY — John Adams and his son, John Quincy Adams, are not on the presidential pantheon of Mount Rushmore, and many people might struggle to name their most notable achievements. Their remains ...

On March 4, 1801, John Adams rose before dawn. It was his last day as president, and he was leaving Washington in defeat. Adams had no intention of staying for the inauguration of Thomas Jefferson ...

If Quincy had an equally desirable plot somewhere ... that would honor both Adams and his father, the second U.S. president John Adams. Four years later, crews have not yet broken ground.

Mr. Adams pleaded not guilty and has since argued that former President Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s Justice Department was retaliating against him for his criticism of Mr. Biden’s immigration policies.

The president’s critics thought his... The president’s critics thought his presidency was illegitimate to begin with. His Cabinet members changed frequently. Mainly based on policy ...