Favorable or Unfavorable #5: John Quincy Adams

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Here's JQ Adams of MA. He has almost no presidential actions because 1) he accomplished the foreseeable major foreign policy goals when he was Sec of State, aside from the Panama of Congress, which was blocks, and 2) 99% of what he proposed was not legislated by a hostile Congress. He ranks with Andrew Johnson as one of the most impotent presidents as far as accomplishments. Even his only SC Justice confirmation died before his term was up. However, he's arguably a top 5 president for vision. He seemed to see the future. 

Here are his actions:

Adams, John Quincy	1794	Appt Amb to Netherlands by Washington
Adams, John Quincy	1796	Appt Amb to Portugal by Washington
Adams, John Quincy	1797	Appt Amb to Prussia by his father
Adams, John Quincy	1803	Breaks w/ Party in supporting Jefferson on Lousiana Purchase
Adams, John Quincy	1803	proposes citizenship for Lousiana Purchase residents
Adams, John Quincy	1806	Only Federalist to vote for Non-Importation Act
Adams, John Quincy	1807	Breaks w/ party to support Jefferson's embargo, leading to Adams's defeat in reelection to US Sen
Adams, John Quincy	1807	First Senate Chair for Audit and Control Committee
Adams, John Quincy	1808	attends Republican caucus; upsets Feds
Adams, John Quincy	1808	moves to expel Sen J. Smith
Adams, John Quincy	1809	appt Amb to Russia by Madison
Adams, John Quincy	1811	Unanimously confirmed to the SC, but declined to served -- appt by Madison
Adams, John Quincy	1814	appt by Madison to lead peace talks, resulting in the Treaty of Ghent, ending War of 1812
Adams, John Quincy	1815	appt Amb to UK by Madison
Adams, John Quincy	1817	Confirmed Sec of State for Monroe
Adams, John Quincy	1818	Defends Gen Jackson's controversial unilateral invasion of Florida
Adams, John Quincy	1819	Negotiates Adams-Onis Treaty, gaining FL for the US from Spain
Adams, John Quincy	1820	Receives protest vote in 1820 election
Adams, John Quincy	1823	Authors Monroe Doctrine
Adams, John Quincy	1824	Negotiates Russo-American Treaty of 1824
Adams, John Quincy	1824	Wins presidency in contested election that goes to the US House
Adams, John Quincy	1825	Appts Speaker Clay as Sec of State leading to "Corrupt Bargain" charge by Jackson allies
Adams, John Quincy	1825	Calls for ambitious modernization agenda (ante-bellum New Deal), but it energizes opposition instead
Adams, John Quincy	1825	Fails to secure funds after proposing a canal in Nicaragua
Adams, John Quincy	1826	Standardizes military training manuals
Adams, John Quincy	1826	Congress blocks funding Adams's delegate for the Congress of Panama, keeping them in the US
Adams, John Quincy	1826	Appt Robert Trimble to the SC, who dies before Adams's term is up.
Adams, John Quincy	1828	Signs the Tariff of 1828 (Tariff of Abominations), losing any support left in the South in the process
Adams, John Quincy	1828	VP Calhoun joins the ticket of Adams's opponent Jackson, as his VP nominee
Adams, John Quincy	1828	Loses in reelection bid
Adams, John Quincy	1830	Elected US Rep -- 1st president to hold office after presidency
Adams, John Quincy	1831	introduces first antislavery petition
Adams, John Quincy	1832	author of Tariff of 1832
Adams, John Quincy	1833	Failed bid for Gov of MA; stays in US House
Adams, John Quincy	1835	First former president to get votes for Speaker--with two votes
Adams, John Quincy	1835	long campaign against House gag rule
Adams, John Quincy	1836	opposes annexation of Texas
Adams, John Quincy	1836	long campaign to create Smithsonian Inst.
Adams, John Quincy	1838	3-week filibuster against Texas annexation
Adams, John Quincy	1841	Defends slaves before SC during famous Amistad case
Adams, John Quincy	1842	Leads committee that recommends impeaching Tyler for vetoing tariff bill
Adams, John Quincy	1843	opposes annexation of Texas
Adams, John Quincy	1846	Urges annexation of entire Oregon Country
Adams, John Quincy	1846	A leader among opponents of Mexican War; one of 14 to vote against war