then considered to be the stepping-stone to the White House. Though the election has been labeled “dirty,” the constitutional procedures for electing a president were faithfully carried out.

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 Adams lost the election. Republicans Jefferson and Aaron Burr tied; the House of Representative would later break the tie in Jefferson's favor. Just days later, Adams got more devastating ...

John Adams was many things: lawyer, diplomat, member of the Continental Congress, and one of the original signers of the Declaration of Independence. Adams was born in Braintree, Massachusetts, in ...