John Quincy Adams (facts could be missing I gave up reading the same ones slightly tweaked 10 times)

who was the last president in the Virginia dynasty?

James Monroe

About Monroe

• last founding father as president

• soilder in Revolution

• continental Congress delagate

• Senator

• governor of virginia

• minister to France and GB

Who was the last of the Massachusetts dynasty?

John Quincy Adams

What town is JQA from

Braintree (now called Quincy)

As a young boy in the revolutionary war, JQA saw

the battle of bunker hill from a hill near his home

JQA at 14

a minister to Russia

JQA @ 47

Secretary at the treaty of Ghent

JQA held more ______ than any other president

offices

Similarties between JQA and JA

• Harvard law grads

• successful ministers

• Peace comissioners in Europe

• involved in party conflicts

• spent their least successful years in the White House for only one term

Traits to call JQA that made him a good diplomat rather than statesmen

studious and crotchety (irritable)

Acomplishments as Monroe’s Secretary of State

Negotiated Florida from Spain and Monroe Doctorine

4 Canidates for Election of 1824

All Democratic republicans

• Clay

• JQA

• Jackson

• Crawford

Outcome of the Election of 1824

Though Andrew Jackson had 50,000 more votes, he did not have enough electoral votes. In the Corrupt Bargin, Henry Clay(Speaker of the House) threw Kentucky support in JQA favor and others who were deciding the election in the House of Representatives.

Jackson felt cheated

Parties split: JQA National Republicans; Jackson Democrats

JQA in Congress

17 years

Dedicated to getting the “gag rule” off because Congress from discussing anything about slavery and slavery needed to be addressed. Suceded after 14 years.

Collapsed on Sentate floor in 1848

Why did people not trust JQA

there was just general distrust and many called favoritism. Many thought he shared his father’s anglophilia

JQA depression

two brothers and a son dead from alcohol

JQA did not care for

polking nad the spoils system

How was JQA similar to Clay

strived for political unity

Many believed that JQA was _______ to become president

overqualified

• intelligent and well educated, however did not generate political excitement and had little personal loyalty

• lacked the pliability to reform

Clay (Kentucky)

Wanted war since 1812, Olive branch in TOG 1815, attractive, dance and duel.

• Idioligy was thin, never leaned too far to one side out of fear for angering another party, wanted union but wtf is that, against slavery but like Jefferson, he owned slaves

  • did not believe slavery to be a good long run economic system but he wanted all the profits from slavery

polar opposites of clay

JQA and Crockett

Clay’s American system

1. Infastructure

2. BUS for expansion of currency

3. Promote internal growth

Similar to Van Burren’s system of political dominance

Crawford of Georgia

• natural leader of early Democratic party

• got Virginia and georgia

• stroke left him paralized

While Crawford, JQA, and Clay were seen as elites, this was good for one canidate in the rise of the era of the common man

Jackson

aspersions

insults/bad negatuve

Avowed

renouned

JQA was recalled in MA Senate bc he supported

Embargo Act of 1808 and LA Purchase

Only anti-slave president

JQA

misantrope

dislike people

austere

puritan

pliability

flexability

oratory

speech

Henry Clay can be described as a m…

moderate

Adams and slavery saying

will but no skill

Clay and slavery saying

skill but no will

Crawford won Virginia and Georgia bc

• pro slaves

• willingness to submit government control to party discipline

  also. considered him a front runner as a democrat

How many states were there

24

How many states left the choice of president to legislature which chose the states presidential electors

6

job of legeslators in other states

set the terms of the statewide or district-by-district ballot that determined the outcome

running for president you should impress

other professionals; slanted to the point of coyness

Instead of personally campaining

they would send proxies/friends out to put articles in the newspaper and engage in power talks. The candidates basically just sat on their asses. Public addresses were rare by the candidate. Often there were plans of teaming up but they never went through.

hybrid of 1824

old-fashioned contest amoung political elites but subject to influences from the new man and man with representatives. The most confused and wide-opened political contest.

picture of the capitol by

charles burton

Crawford was secretary of

treasury

Traits of Andrew Jackson

• killed a man in a duel after being shot in the chest

• fought alongside Davy Crockett to kill redstick creek

• won millions of acres and put treaties on NA

• won New Orleans only 13 died

Nickname for Jackson

“The imortal Washington”

“Old Hickory”

Was the first canidate to run against Washington

Crawford in the first months

stuff looked great for him. Endorsement from Jefferson, winning, and then had a stroke, 2 actually. They left him on the ballot tho… but he was like on the brink of death so um. Brother had cloth like coating his feet too soooo

Clay being the only one running

• long empassioned speeches on his favorite topics

• sent proxies to deal with rivals and influence bc he couldn’t do it himself

Adams being popular

friends and wannabees at his door 24/7. 235 visitors a month or 8 a day taking up 4 hours.

Adams violating his principles

• he was fine with validating his views but could not

• put his buddies in good position just because

• divided against himself bc

  • expect great things from himself

  • scorn the idea of ambition

Jackson got the plurality of the

electoral and popular votes but still not enough]

• all of penn and NJ

Crawford-gerogia virginia delaware

Clay- Kentucky Missouri ohio

Adams- only New England

number of votes for each

Jackson- 153,544

Adams- 108,740

Clay 47,136

Crawford 46,618

number of electoral votes for each

Jackson- 99

Adams- 84

Clay 37

Crawford 41

Constitution and election

each state has 1 vote, no majority it goes to the House on 2/9/1825

everyone was telling Adams to just

retire and step down, bald ass, but caillou had the fire of his ambition

After the tie Adams got a few visitors

• RObert P Letcher (Kentucky congressman) who was with clay

  • Edward Wyer (his) said they’re pretty tight with clay we can work smth out

• Bargained such that Clay would stand by Adams in exchange for a prominent share in the administration

• Clay did this bc he did not place (3rd) and SOS because next president sooooo

• Jackson would be too pernicious and Adams only has one term which is better than 2 of hell

• happened at the Adams house

• BUT THIS WAS AGAINSTS ADAMS PRINCIPLES OH NO; no price was worth paying for sacrifice of principle; focused on goal instead of means

Jan 24 Kentucky announced for

Adams!

Corrupt Bargin

• When Kentucky, a state with no Adams supporters whatsoever, suddenly switches to Adams, supporters of Jackson call it a corrupt bargain and was a last minute boost for common man Jackson.

• Columbian observer of phili was posting letters and shit and more fake stuff

Who was vice president

John C Calhoun

Jackson was from

tenesee

crawford was from

gerogia

final vote count

JQA; 13

Jack: 7

Cra: 4

Later at the rager thrown by Monroe…

Jacosn and JQA saw each other

• Jackson fave left hand, for the right is devoted to the fair.

• Courtly meeting and was the last

Slave population

700,000→1.5mil

population

4→10mil

Most and least populated states

NY: 1.3 mill

IL: 55000 (not even enough for a state)

NA

active in the east until 1830 byt were slowly loosing land and power in treaties and military envevoures. Considered military and political nemeses

Amistad

1841: slave ship from Cuba was found after a revolt and JQA fought for the freedom of the Mende people, sent them to Sierra LEone

JQA other scandal

A POOL TABLE IN THE WHITEHOUSE 😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱

illegal gambling oh my gaud

AJ

his wife was not officially out of her marrige so she was called a woman of excess and polyandry. Died of a heart attack

Post election Jackson

retired from Senate to prepare for 1828 election. All of his supporters attacked JQA the whole presidency

JQA adminsitration

Plan: Greater America and an increase in the national government but it doesnt really pull through

• Art, science, exploration

• hollow earth

• observatory

• Naval avademy

piousness

arogance; many compared JQA’s self richousness to this trait of his fathers

concilator

peacemaker