The U.S. president earns a base salary of $400,000 a year, and the postmaster general gets a base salary of $303,460. (The chief justice of the supreme court gets $317,500.) That means the current ...

When President John Adams died on July 4, 1826, the moment was rife with bizarre coincidences. Not only had the Founding ...

City planners provided details about the design and anticipated completion date of a new Quincy park honoring sixth president John Quincy Adams.

Perhaps the clearest examples of distinguished public careers taking a back seat to a mixed legacy as president are those of John and John Quincy Adams.

The Adams family — John, Abigail, and their descendants, including the nation’s sixth president, John Quincy Adams — embodied the intellectual fortitude and moral courage that defined ...

His son, John Quincy Adams, was sworn in as president on March 4, 1825. The Adams family holds a unique distinction in American history as the first father and son to both serve as president of ...

American astronomy thrives today largely because of the underpinnings achieved by John Quincy Adams in his far-reaching “light-houses of the skies” campaign.

If John Quincy Adams had retired after his service in the administration of President James Monroe, his reputation might differ from what it has become. John Quincy’s principal biographer ...

John Adams signed the Declaration of Independence, drafted principally by another future president, Thomas Jefferson. Following independence from Great Britain, Adams and Jefferson become ...

Let’s look now at the first president who was the son of a president - John Quincy Adams.

Following his presidency, Adams went on to serve in the House of Representatives, marking his finest years as a public servant.

To be clear, Randall Woods’ “John Quincy Adams: A Man for the Whole People” is not a leisurely read designed for the beach or airport. Clocking in at more than 700 pages, Woods’ biography ...