Talk:John Quincy Adams

Abolitionist

Was Adams an abolitionist?Smallman12q (talk) 22:59, 12 July 2011 (UTC)

he was not an abolitionist, explicitly state biographers Nagle, Parsons & Remini. Rjensen (talk) 00:13, 13 July 2011 (UTC)

Why is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:John_Quincy_Adams_1824.jpg titled "John Quincy Adams 1824.jpg"?

The photo is apparently from 1843. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.220.140.242 (talk) 14:34, 18 July 2011 (UTC)

Image moved. NW (Talk) 18:33, 19 August 2011 (UTC)

The nation debt figure is just dead wrong.

The writer-edtior stated the debt when Adams took office and left in BILLIONS. The debt was then in the millions and those figures probably work. Clearly the writer didn't read the source material or vet it in any way if it was wrong.

This is a commonly available figure, including on Wikipedia or government web sites. It makes me suspect a modern political rewriter of factoids who doesn't know anything about public debt in historical terms. It might be worth putting that into modern terms.

Also, the US was not at war during Adams' term. Historically this nation goes into debt during wars and historically, while most nations are required to increase taxes for war, they rarely pay down national debt in constant monetary figures after war, even when sinking funds are provided tax revenues. It's no great accomplishment in this period to pay down National Debt. It's probably more significant that JQ Adams took the oath on a book of laws to establish the separate of church and state.

I can't fix this without simply using wikipedia as a source or spending more time that I have tonight to reference it so that it can be check.04:31, 9 October 2011 (UTC)~ jc — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jmc9595 (talk • contribs) 04:31, 9 October 2011 (UTC)

WP tags

There are duplicate WikiProject tags for "Presidential elections", one with mid-importance and one with low-importance. I think that the duplicates should be removed, and I'm favoring mid-importance, instead of low-importance. Would like to hear any opinions out there. --Funandtrvl (talk) 17:44, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

I've re-assessed this page and combined the dupe WP tags. --Funandtrvl (talk) 18:34, 30 October 2011 (UTC)

Article Needs Help!

Under the section, Three World Events, the original author is not writing in full sentences. Can someone address this? Under the section, Film and Television, the author names six different actors portraying Adams in a single PBS series, The Adams Chronicles. Can that possibly be correct? How so? L. Thomas W. (talk) 15:08, 9 February 2012 (UTC) L. Thomas W. L. Thomas W. (talk) 15:08, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

Career Chronology

On the right edge of the page. It is just plain unreadable. It's not in ANY determinable order. It SHOULD be in order of time. At the very least it should be in order of importance of the office. It is too hard to read in the order it is in now. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.181.230.148 (talk) 19:18, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

Disowned by the Federalists and not fully accepted by the Republicans

There is no source for these statements, and I don't believe they are even accurate. I'm fairly certain, having read a biography on John Quincy Adams some years ago, that he was indeed a republican at the time of his death. In fact, my impression was that he was instrumental in starting the republican party.

I'm also surprised that there is no reference to his relationship with Lincoln toward the end of his life. I think he was Lincoln's Senior/Mentor Senator during the time Lincoln was a freshman. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.82.129.24 (talk) 03:21, 16 February 2012 (UTC)