John Quincy Adams | smithsonianmag.comhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/tag/john-quincy-adams/RSS feed for John Quincy AdamsenMon, 09 Feb 2026 13:00:00 +0000One Was a Teenage Diplomat. Another Was a Nuclear Engineer. Here's How Eight Presidents Made Their Mark Outside of the White Househttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/one-was-a-teenage-diplomat-another-was-a-nuclear-engineer-heres-how-eight-presidents-made-their-mark-outside-of-the-white-house-180988146/From Abraham Lincoln's patent to James A. Garfield's geometry proof, learn how these 19th- and 20th-century commanders in chief shaped their legacies beyond politicsMon, 09 Feb 2026 13:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/one-was-a-teenage-diplomat-another-was-a-nuclear-engineer-heres-how-eight-presidents-made-their-mark-outside-of-the-white-house-180988146/On This Day in 1785, Two Men Braved Death When They Flew Across the English Channel in a Balloonhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/on-this-day-in-1785-two-men-braved-death-when-they-flew-across-the-english-channel-in-a-balloon-180985724/Jean-Pierre Blanchard and John Jeffries' harrowing journey was the first aerial crossing between France and BritainTue, 07 Jan 2025 10:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/on-this-day-in-1785-two-men-braved-death-when-they-flew-across-the-english-channel-in-a-balloon-180985724/When No Candidate Won the 1824 Presidential Election, the House of Representatives Was Given the Rare Task of Deciding the Victorhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/when-no-candidate-won-the-1824-presidential-election-the-house-of-representatives-was-given-the-rare-task-of-deciding-the-victor-180985409/A "corrupt bargain" that delivered John Quincy Adams the presidency ended the Era of Good Feelings and prompted a new period of partisan hostilitySun, 01 Dec 2024 10:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/when-no-candidate-won-the-1824-presidential-election-the-house-of-representatives-was-given-the-rare-task-of-deciding-the-victor-180985409/What the American Revolution Taught the United States' First Presidentshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/what-american-revolution-taught-united-states-first-presidents-180984842/A new book by historian William E. Leuchtenburg examines how the first six commanders in chief embodied the revolutionary spirit and set precedents that shaped their successors' tenuresThu, 15 Aug 2024 11:15:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/what-american-revolution-taught-united-states-first-presidents-180984842/The Smithsonian Acquires the Earliest Known Photograph of an American First Ladyhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-smithsonian-acquires-the-earliest-known-photograph-of-an-american-first-lady-180984639/The National Portrait Gallery purchased an 1846 daguerreotype of Dolley Madison for $456,000Mon, 01 Jul 2024 19:41:45 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-smithsonian-acquires-the-earliest-known-photograph-of-an-american-first-lady-180984639/See the Photographs That Introduced Americans to Their Presidentshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/see-the-photographs-that-introduced-americans-to-their-presidents-180984517/The National Portrait Gallery traces early images of American leaders, from John Quincy Adams to Abraham LincolnWed, 12 Jun 2024 15:41:06 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/see-the-photographs-that-introduced-americans-to-their-presidents-180984517/Want to Work Out Like Walt Whitman or Henry VIII? Try These Historic Fitness Regimenshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/want-to-work-out-like-walt-whitman-or-henry-viii-try-these-historic-fitness-regimes-180979961/Travel through time by lifting like passengers on the Titanic or swimming like the sixth U.S. presidentTue, 26 Apr 2022 13:37:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/want-to-work-out-like-walt-whitman-or-henry-viii-try-these-historic-fitness-regimes-180979961/The American Scion Who Secured British Neutrality in the U.S. Civil Warhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/american-scion-who-secured-british-neutrality-us-civil-war-180974000/The journal pages of Charles Francis Adams, the son of one president and the grandson of another, illuminate the life and politics of Victorian EnglandThu, 16 Jan 2020 16:22:16 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/american-scion-who-secured-british-neutrality-us-civil-war-180974000/Copy of Declaration of Independence, Hidden Behind Wall Paper During the Civil War, Resurfaces in Texashttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/copy-declaration-independence-hidden-behind-wall-paper-during-civil-war-resurfaces-texas-180968207/The document, which belonged to James Madison, is one of 200 facsimiles commissioned in the 19th centuryWed, 21 Feb 2018 17:20:36 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/copy-declaration-independence-hidden-behind-wall-paper-during-civil-war-resurfaces-texas-180968207/See the Earliest-Known Photograph of a U.S. President at the National Portrait Gallery in 2018https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/first-original-photo-us-president-be-auctioned-180964565/The museum recently acquired the 1843 daguerreotype of John Quincy Adams at the Sotheby’s photographs auctionFri, 18 Aug 2017 18:16:34 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/first-original-photo-us-president-be-auctioned-180964565/