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6th President of USA
March 4 1825-1829

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"Old Man Eloquent”

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He attended Harvard university after briefly attending the university of Leiden and graduated with the class of 1787. Right after battling in war of the American Revolution. At harvard he had studied law and even passed the bar exam in 1790.

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He has been active in politics his whole life starting in 1774

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He was being posted all around Europe experiencing the war first hand.

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He started as early as 1774 in politics when he first started his mark in politics by calling his first Continental congress into play.He would go on to help lead that congress into drafting the Declaration of Independence.

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He was set by then president George Washington to become minister to the Netherlands.

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1825-1829

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The other candidates were John C. Calhoun of South Carolina, William H. Crawford of Georgia, Henry Clay based in Kentucky, General Andrew Jackson of Tennessee.

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When he was running there were 261 active electoral votes, in order to when you would need 270 votes. Adam had gained 84 of those votes.The election was chosen by the house of reps.

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He was apart of the democratic - republican party.

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John C. Calhoun

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October 26, 1825
Adam had expressed his strong feeling towards the improvement of transportation infrastructure with the usage of national funding. The construction of the canal had began in 1817 which was a 363 mile Erie Canal that had connected to New York linking Atlantic and trans- Atlantic marketplaces.

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November 1, 1826
Adam creates a settlement with the British over the damages incurred during the war in 1812 , unresolved by the treaty of Ghent.

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March 1, 1827
Adam closed to trading with the British colonies suspending disagreements over tariffs, navigation and duties

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With the unsuccessful efforts by Adam to create more favorable borders than the existing Sabine River. Joel Poinsett accedes to a Mexican boundary settlement on behalf of United States.

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He was saddened by the nation and stayed in Washington for some time after his active years were done with. He had returned to his hometown of Quincy, Massachusetts, however found himself deeply bored.

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On February 21, 1848 he has suffered from a massive stroke that days later left him in a coma and he had offically passed on February 23, 1848.