Did John Quincy Adams do anything important as a Commander in Chief during his presidency?
There was no war going on during John Quincy Adams’ term as President, March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1829. I’ll give you a brief overview of his presidency: Adams was the first president both to endorse wholeheartedly federally sponsored internal improvements and to harbor no constitutional qualms about their implementation. He went on to propose the construction of a network of roads and canals, a national university and an astronomical observatory, the latter to be manned by a full-time astronomer. The program was too ambitious for Congress, however. Adams obtained only the westward extension of the Cumberland Road into Ohio and the construction of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. At the canal’s ground-breaking ceremony on the Fourth of July, 1828, President Adams proudly turned over the first shovelful of earth. President Adams supported US participation in the Panama Congress, convened by South American patriot Simon Bolivar to foster Pan-American cooperation. Southermn congressmen, who f
