John Quincy Adams, born in Braintree Massachusetts in 1767, was the son of America's second president, John Adams. John Q. Adams' Political career was admirable. In many respects, he paralleled the career as well as the temperament and viewpoints of his father. Many historians considered him, as was his father, an above average president. This fact is revealed in the following segments. Although many of these facts did not take place during his presidency, they all have to do with his political career.
             Upon becoming President, Adams appointed Clay as Secretary of State. Jackson and his angry followers charged that a "corrupt bargain" had taken place and immediately began their campaign to wrest the Presidency from Adams in 1828. Well aware that he would face hostility in Congress, Adams nevertheless proclaimed in his first Annual Message a spectacular national program. He proposed that the Federal Government bring the sections together with a network of highways and canals and that it develop and conserve the public domain, using funds from the sale of public lands. In 1828, he broke ground for the 185-mile C & 0 Canal.
             At age 26, in 1793, John Q. Adams was appointed by George Washington to be U.S. Minister to the Netherlands. This action took place because of a letter was written by Adams that was published in a Boston newspaper which defended President Washington's policy of neutrality against the diplomatic incursions of Citizen Genet, the new French Republic's minister to the United States. Afterward, he was promoted to the Berlin Legation. In 1802 he was elected to the United States Senate as a Federalist. Six years later President Madison appointed him as the first minister of the United States to Russia. Serving under President Monroe, Adams was one of America's great Secretaries of State, arranging with England for the joint occupation of the Oregon country, obtaining from Spain
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