When John Quincy Adams--the sixty-three-year-old former president, U.
S.
This remarkable congressional career utterly transformed him, the public\'s perception of him, and his legacy--.
He became Congress\'s most acerbic and influential critic of slavery as well as a tireless proponent for human freedoms and First Amendment rights. senator, secretary of state, and diplomat--was elected to the House of Representatives by his Massachusetts neighbors, he embarked on a spectacular late-Life career.
When John Quincy Adams--the sixty-three-year-old former president, U.
S