Opinion of John Quincy Adams

[ElectionsGuy]

George Washington: 77.6% Approval
John Adams: 87.0% Approval
Thomas Jefferson: 70.4% Approval
James Madison: 81.0% Approval
James Monroe: 66.7% Approval

6th President of the United States: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Quincy_Adams

In my opinion, A giant FF!

[TNF]

One of the few early U.S. Presidents that was clearly an FF.

[Goldwater]

FF.

[Sol]

FF.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

I missed Monroe.

As for Adams, he was the last good President until Abraham Lincoln. Unfortunately, the practical side of that equation (actually doing stuff) would go to Polk for getting what he wanted done, regardless of what that was.

[TDAS04]

Massive FF.

[H. Ross Peron]

Massive FF.

[Arturo Belano]

FF.

[ElectionsGuy]

I missed Monroe.

Sorry These are three day polls, so vote as soon as you can!

[Oswald Acted Alone, You Kook]

FF, but he did make that deal with Clay.

But he didn't own slaves, so he's an FF by default!

[Mad Deadly Worldwide Communist Gangster Computer God]

One of my favorite presidents.  He was definitely ahead of his time.

[Lief 🗽]

A better secretary of state than president, but still FF.

[Dancing with Myself]

FF

He had no chance to do anything at all due to Jackson Dems haunting him, but he had great ideas. National College? That could have been interesting.

He did a lot to eliminate slavery. Props in my book.

[Kaine for Senate '18]

A better secretary of state than president, but still FF.

[Oldiesfreak1854]

Like father, like son.  Massive FF.

[PJ]

One of the greatest early presidents.

[Mechaman]

FF.  Definitely one of the better members of his class.

[Lambsbread]

Better than his father. FF.

[traininthedistance]

The only president between Washington and Lincoln that was worth a damn.  FF, one of the underrated greats.

[Dr. Cynic]

FF, but he did make that deal with Clay.

A deal with Clay was unnecessary, so I don't really believe there was one. Clay had three choices of who to support: Jackson, Crawford and Adams. Crawford was out because of his health and the fact that he was hostile to the tariff. Clay also regarded Jackson as an uneducated monster who would turn into a military dictator. He was also jealous of Jackson undercutting his western power base of support. Adams was really Clay's only choice.

FF!

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

A great man, but a mediocre President who was constitutionally (but also unethically) elevated to the Presidency.

[Oswald Acted Alone, You Kook]

The only president between Washington and Lincoln that was worth a damn.  FF, one of the underrated greats.

Polk?

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

I missed Monroe.

Sorry These are three day polls, so vote as soon as you can!

I didn't have internet access for that entire period and a day prior to it as well.

[ElectionsGuy]

I missed Monroe.

Sorry These are three day polls, so vote as soon as you can!

I didn't have internet access for that entire period and a day prior to it as well.

Oh well. I don't want to leave these polls up forever as someone could vote when these threads are old and it would mess up the records that I have in the OP.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

The only president between Washington and Lincoln that was worth a damn.  FF, one of the underrated greats.

Polk?

He's speaking on a subjective basis. Morally, Adams was most in the right of his contemporaries. However, in terms of a president's objective "greatness", one would have to consider their success in passing their agenda and maintaining popular support, both of which Polk ranks high with. Adams, on the other hand, while easily ranked as one of the best men to hold the office of the presidency in his time and era, was nonetheless a failure as a president.