Talk:John Quincy Adams

"Daguerrotype"

The photography of President Adams is clearly a collodion plate, not a daguerrotype. The cracking of the emulsion shows it beyond a doubt.

Anachronistic flag

In the right-hand column where his term as ambassador to Prussia is mentioned,he held this term from 1817-1834.... the flag is anachronistic: the one shown was not adopted until late in the 19th c. It would be more appropriate to show this one (from Flags of the World): http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/de-pr701.html#1750

The other flags seem correct. Axel 20:54, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

comments

All the page says nowaa is "HE liked dudes". I don't see it on the "edit this page" option in trying to fix it. (April 2 2008) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.231.40.130 (talk) 19:07, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

I can't get the gosh darn external link to MOA to work right. it any one would be kind engouh to some how add it properly, I would appreciate it.--Dudeman5685 00:13, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

Were any laws made under the presidenticy(sorry for my infamously poor spelling) of John Quincy Adams ruled unconstitutional?

was the presidential race close? you did not say in your article

religion

Im fairly certain John Quincy Adams was a puritan, but it says Unitarian in his mini biography.

== No, No he was a Congregationalist.

68.32.73.22 14:09, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

The "Puritan" religion was called Congregationalist after about 1700. After 1800 it split into two wings and JQA joined the "Unitarian" wing, but was not especially active in church issues. Rjensen 14:23, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

Vandalism?

While working on a school project, a friend of mine pointed out the presence of obscene comments regarding John Adams and George Washington. While this has been deleted, I believe it is neccessary to temporarily lock the page, to prevent further defacing of the article. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Molinogi (talk • contribs) 15:08, 1 February 2007 (UTC).

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Laicie and Bridget were his number one presidential supporters.

Who are these people? Is this vandalism? --Michael K. Smith 02:59, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

He has descendants in Wyoming, Nebraska, and Kansas of the last name Fryer.

I've removed this line from the Trivia section as being totally irrelevant. There are a great many people in all states with a wide variety of surnames who are descended from the Adamses. They were a prolific family. --Michael K. Smith 03:08, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

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What about this piece in the first paragraph? ;)

"... Quincy Adams was the son of United States President halo 3 and Abigail Adams. He is most ..."

--Lennier1 (talk) 22:16, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Quotation needs source

The following sentence:

• It has been called "the greatest diplomatic victory ever won by a single individual in the history of the United States."^{(citation needed)}

has been under consideration for a source and none has been provided. I don't think the quotation is necessary for the article but if the editor who included it can give us a source I would be glad to endorse its inclusion as it is factual. I just don't have the source available at the moment. Any comments on this? --Northmeister 00:36, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

It's a good thing you posted that note. I did a quick Google search to look for the source and found that large parts of the article were copied[1] from a Grolier's encyclopedia article. [2][3] I've reverted that material, but I'm still checking for other plagiarized material. -Will Beback · † · 01:14, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

I agree and support your reversion of material. --Northmeister 01:21, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

GA fail

I am failing the article for the following reasons:

• The lead should be a three to four paragraph summary of the entire article per WP:LEAD.
• The article needs to have inline citations per WP:ATT.
• The article is not broadly comprehensive:

• What about Adams' childhood, early life and education?
• There must be more information that could be included the "Domestic policy" section; right now, it is primarily about internal politics of the government rather than policies.
• Adams is regarded as one of the greatest diplomats in American history and during his tenure as Secretary of State he was one of the designers of the Monroe Doctrine. But during his term as president, Adams achieved little of consequence in foreign affairs. A reason for this was the opposition he faced in Congress, where his rivals prevented him from succeeding. - So why don't you discuss what he did as Secretary of State anywhere in the article, if that is where his real diplomatic achievements lay?

In the end, Adams lost the elections in a landslide. - Why? What were the issues of the campaign, beyond the personal ones? Awadewit ^Talk 08:49, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

More suggestions

you rely should have included what collage he went to

In general, the page needs to explain its claims in more detail:

• Ex: He was the first President not to be able to claim his politics dated back to the Revolutionary period. - What are the consequences of this? Explain further.

• The "Bibliography" is difficult to read - please separate the descriptions from the entries in some way.
• Check WP:MOS:

• Heading capitalization - WP:HEAD
• Please link more relevant concepts and names, e.g. "Patrick Henry" and "U.S. Constitution" per WP:MOS-L
• Usually tables and lists are not placed in the middle of articles - could these be moved to the end or turned into prose? WP:EMBED
• You can probably cut down on the external links per WP:LINKS. Awadewit ^Talk 08:49, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

• I believe that "Quincy" in his name, like the town in Massachusetts, is properly pronounced /kwinzee/ not /kwinsee/. If true, perhaps some mention should be made of that in the article. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.6.115.128 (talk) 19:12, August 22, 2007 (UTC)

hi  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.236.218.104 (talk) 14:39, 22 October 2007 (UTC) 

Jackson's wife

Andrew Jackson's wife could not be accused of bigamy (even if newspapers at the time used that term). She was a polyandrist/ accused of polyandry - having more than one husband. I tried to fix the article, but seem to be unable. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.199.83.160 (talk) 01:25, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Numerous unsourced statements

The section on Adams' Presidency, in particular, is full of unsupported and potentially controversial statements. Rather than slap a "citation needed" tag on virtually every sentence, I decided to mention the matter here. I lack the historical expertise to edit the section, but hopefully somebody skillful can rewrite it.0nullbinary0 (talk) 15:20, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

I don't see anything wrong with the article. Could you be more specific? RC-0722 ^communicator/_kills 15:56, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

President not listed as top achievement

The sidebar running down the right of this article does not list Adams as president of the US as his first achievement but representative first. While I realize that he later went on to become a representative, history remembers him most for being president.

Also, It's a nice feature that each president has information about his vice presidents in this sidebar. Adams, doesn't.

Nowax 05:22, 19 April 2008 (UTC)Nowax

First president to be photographed?

Adams is the earliest president with a photograph on wikipedia. Does anyone know if his is in deed the first president of whom we have a photograph? It might be an interesting fact to add to the article. Gpetrov (talk) 04:24, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

Lincoln did not abolish slavery with war powers

The EP only allowed slaves to be freed if their owners were rebelling. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.252.103.105 (talk) 04:24, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

Tomb photo backwards?

All flag protocols I read require the flag to be displayed with the canton (blue) in the upper LEFT corner. However, in both photos of the Adams tomb, and Kennedy's coffin in the Rotunda, the canton is in the upper RIGHT corner. Can someone explain this? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.255.178.169 (talk) 00:19, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

Reluctant Congressman

I recall my college professor saying that John Quincy Adams expected to retire following the presidency but was essentially "drafted" to the House of Representatives by a constituency in Mass. I found this essay which seems to back this interpretation: http://millercenter.org/academic/americanpresident/jqadams/essays/biography/6

I think it pertinent that he did not just "run for office" as the current article states, but was convinced to by people from his state. I thought I'd let the hardcore editors decide how to phrase or alter it. Thanks, Anonymous —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.225.199.59 (talk) 01:46, 3 February 2009 (UTC)