Document Type
Student Research Paper
Publication Date
Summer 2024
Abstract
This historiography paper seeks to determine how historians have interpreted the diplomatic career of John Quincy Adams over the last one hundred and seventy-five years. As sixth President of the United States and son of second President and Founding Father John Adams, John Quincy Adams has been the subject of significant historical interpretation since his 1848 death. Though the demand for writing about his life was strong in the immediate wake of his death, the subsequent body of work that permeated throughout the nineteenth century ultimately fell short of addressing the monumental diplomatic career Adams held before his Presidential and Congressional careers. It was not until the middle of the twentieth century that historians truly began to interpret Adams' various ministerial posts and tenure as Secretary of State in any substantial manner, a trend which has continued well into the twenty-first century.
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Recommended Citation
Zilempe, Nicholas E., "Historiographical Interpretations of the Diplomatic Career of John Quincy Adams" (2024). GLI MA in American History Student Works. 2.
https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/glihist/2
Comments
Written for AMHI 630: The Early Republic.