John Quincy Adams: America’s Most Successful Failure 

Oh, thank you, kindly.

Also my hometown!

John & Abigail Adams were a ‘super couple’. As a 2nd Gen, John Q. had a far different perspective.

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Are kids being done a disservice ... by parents, who have a fanciful notion of what an "idyllic childhood" should be, that has only really been a thing since after WW2 ... which BTW had a 12 yo who enlisted FOUGHT as a 40mm Anti Aircraft Gun loader, of rounds that weighed 2lbs each. Was wounded by shrapnel ... and still assisted in evacuating wounded., being awarded Bronze Star and Purple Heart Could you imagine one of the snowflakes that are being turned out by parents and society today. I'm not saying kids should be subjected to harsh punishment, working in factories, and shouldn't have fun in childhood. What I'm saying is ... we've dumbed society down, by coddling and expecting so little from them. Throughout time, til mid 20th Century, kids weren't delicate flowers, to be hovered over. They were responsible, capable of doing so much more than, what they're currently being told they're capable of. Expect so little of someone, then keep reinforcing that message with a constant barrage from all sides, of the what's and why's of why so little is expected of them They'll meet that expectation, it easier than doing more than. That's why there's such cognitive dissonance, when the one offs, who don't want to be infantalized, and actually excell, by doing what centuries ago would have been commonplace, ... growing up !

Even more then that: on his voyage to Paris in 1777 he met Benjamin Franklin. The gap between Franklin and Lincoln is 103 years, so that something.

@@Jordan77831 Uh... What? There is a 19 year gap between Franklin's death and Abraham's birth, so, no.

@@professormetal4411 He meant Benjamin Franklins birth

Wow, no way! Thats pretty rad

Phenomenal

Nerd

@@BacklTrack Oh hush

@@CristinaMarshal don't you mean, oh, hush,,,,

@@BacklTrack Perhaps, perhaps not.

I know right I can't believe that Tippu Tip and King Kosoko would sell out their own people like that! Good job JQA!

Yes please!

@@krato890 help spread the word my friend. Together, we’ll get a Carlin video made

Yes please

@@lynh4326 help spread the word my friend.

I'd watch a bio about Mr. Conductor, for sure

Yeah, um, I watched the video.

Andrew Johnson was elected to the US Senate after his presidency.

@@jamesclendon4811 lmao

After taking him out of public view, they could have given him an enema and cleaned him out, plus cleared his polluted mind. Probably why he was so damn grumpy anyway!

​@@carywest9256 You think you're being edgy and funny but saying racist crap online is going to follow you for the rest of your life. Work on your own mental health instead of being a cringe edgelord.

John Quincy Adams was also the only President to have known both George Washington and Abraham Lincoln personally.

John Quincy Adam’s last term when he died was Abraham Lincoln’s only term. I was on a tour of the Capitol Building several years ago and was told by the nationally renown historian leading our special tour that when Adams was carried off the floor, Lincoln was part of the group that went with him. I believe the historian said Lincoln saw that something of Adams had fallen on the floor (his hat?) and he picked it up and carried it to the office they took him to.

@@michellebennett425 So did Lincoln stick a feather in his cap and call it macaroni?

​@@carywest9256 Nope, that was Mr. Doodle. He was very profound and wise.... Yup, good ole Yankee Doodle went to town riding on a pony, stuck that feather in his hat and well you know the rest...

Swear

Just watch. Don't tell the whistle boy how to do his job. I think he's ok without your stupid comments.

George Wythe, professor of many of the founding fathers including Henry Clay, would be an awesome biographics, too.

@@nicholasholcomb7841 What's up your butt? You know Simon often requests for suggestions in the comment section, because likes 👍 show interests in topics?

how he roaylly cocked up his reputation with the compromise of 1850?

Same here, it doesn't help that my history teacher is an utter plonker either. Not even kidding, according to him 'Marylin Monroe never sang in her life". He refused to let me show the class a video of Marylin Monroe 'not singing' running wild. It's petty, but he changes the answers all the time just to say I'm wrong.

Thats irionic😊

Britishers once ruled America

@@GAURAV25855ify once.

Makes sense, viewing ones history from an outside perspective often gives a wider, less biased, more complete picture. I have found it much more intellectually rewarding snd satisfying to review histories of my nation from professional historians outside my country, free from the nationalist and jingoism you often find in native sources.

Descent or descendant* maybe all the cerebral genes didn't quite make it 😉

@@jeffmiller3499 Thank you 🤣😂🤣 That's what you get for rushing a response. I've corrected it.

@@sylviahoffman9440 hehe it happens to the best of us.

I'm curious, is your family wealthy? I've always wondered if all former US presidents families have wealth.

@@golferorb No. Perhaps maybe first or second generation, but my family didn't have any residual wealth. Good question. Thanks for asking.

Just to say, I would like to see Benjamin Tillman, Henry Clay and Ted Kennedy, however, the rest would be really intresting to see aswell ^^ Mew favourite person-

Joe McCarthy the man who was right about the communists

Well put.

I think this is misguided. Lincoln was certainly Staunchly anti slavery, he wrote about it in his journals, he talked about it with his peers, and men like Frederick Douglas even attested to this. The problem has always been that he was not likely to be elected if he was so adamant about ending slavery outright so early in his career.

Most of the credit, in my opinion, belongs to African Americans who did all that they could do to end slavery. Also to the abolitionist who had so little to gain but did it anyway.# Prayer, money, protest, activism, voting.

It took a lot of people. Fredrick Douglas, Harriet Tubman, Soujourner Truth. Quincy Adams, Charles Sumner, and of course John Brown. However, I also agree that a lot of African Americans were overlooked, such as the ones that participated in John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry. He was not the only one to die as a result of that raid.

He was not as committed at the beginning of the war as Adams was. It wasn't until later in his Presidency when he became friends with Douglas that he really pushed to end slavery. If he had been as outspoken as Charles Sumner, he would never have won the presidency.

I second this Werner suggestion

I do as well. What a complex person.

Is it weird to have a favourite Nazi?

@@SotonSam Yes. No one is taking away from the fact that there were some talented Nazis, but their cause was shear evil. Proudly being part of a regime like that makes you irredeemable. Learning about Werner should still be a thing though

@@dmillsburner3685 I was just joking mate

All I know about him is that he hated Mondays and loved lasagna.

I 💙 The cheeky jabs.

Thank you.

He wasn't really. Outside factors were conspiring against him.

So true. John Quincy Adams was an amazing person who cared about the rights of the marginalized. As an Mixed race lady, I appreciate what he did for my ancestors...

I sometimes think the greatest weakness of democracy is the potential for elections to turn into popularity contests with the unwashed masses.

@@kickofftheboot true. Which is ridiculous. I don't give a 🐎's fart about who is more popular or sociable. Give me the candidate with the best leadership & problem solving skills..m

I'm not a fan of Jackson, but to be fair, he's the only person to win the popular vote, the electoral college and still lose the election. After Gerald Ford (who is one of my favorite presidents), quincy Adams was probably the least democratically elected president

@@kickofftheboot This level of snobbish elitism is exactly why the "unwashed masses", as you call us, hate you.

I don't know if I would say trivia questions, but I had a similar reaction when he mentioned Eisenhower. I always think of him as commander of the Allied forces in the European theater before I think of him as president.

Bruh we talking john Quincy adams boy

If you’re really related to a former president, why the hell would you need a 20 minute video to learn about your great, great grandfather? You’d have heard all your life. Come on, stop the cap.

@@thebadaids As someone who just recently found out about their heritage through DNA, I AM excited. I have done my own research but Simons narratives and layout is preferable. But thanks friend😊

@@bayleecollins4926 Those things are unreliable. They tell everyone they’re related to some king, queen or president in history, no matter if it’s just 000.01%. But you do whatever makes you happy.

I have to wonder, though, whether Simon has the slightest idea who Martin Prince is. Simon's talent is narration, reading the script placed in front of him and sounding as if he knows what he's talking about.

She certainly ran the family

I agree with your sentiment, but please edit this xD .

His wife admitting at the end that he is magnificent, is one of the best thing in ths biography

Two more would follow. William Henry Harrison had the dubious distinction of serving the shortest term ever. (One month!) He was 68 when he took office. After his inaugural address he stubbornly watched the inaugural festivities during a down pour, came down with a cold which developed into pneumonia and died a month later. His son, Benjamin won the presidency in 1888, and served one term. His tenure was sandwiched between Grover Cleveland’s two non consecutive terms. And of course we all know the more modern terms of the two Bush’s.

The Harrison’s were grandfather and grandson