John Quincy Adams: The Unpopular One-Term President

The battle exhilarated Adams. Friends said they never saw him so happy. He would relish every mistake the poor fellow made, and he would say things like, you know, it's really surprising to me to realize that you have been to one of the great law schools of our nation. John Quincy Adams was an unpopular one-term president. Now, in Congress, his popularity knew no bounds.