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John Quincy Adams

1767–1848

John Quincy Adams (1767–1848) was the sixth President of the United States, a diplomat, U.S. Senator, and Secretary of State, but his most enduring legacy is as a leading intellectual and anti-slavery advocate in the House of Representatives. He was a polymath fluent in multiple languages, a diarist, and a fierce defender of civil liberties, famously arguing the Amistad case before the Supreme Court. His life was defined by a relentless commitment to reason, moral principle, and the Union, often at great political cost.

History

Diarum (Diary, 1779–1848)
Lectures on Rhetoric and Oratory (1810)
Report on Weights and Measures (1821)
The Jubilee of the Constitution (1839)
Argument in the Case of the United States vs. Cinque (1841)

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