John Q. Adams Administration - Adams and Congress
Adams and Congress
Adams served during the Nineteenth and the Twentieth sessions of Congress. A majority in the House of the Nineteenth Congress, including Speaker John W. Taylor from New York, was friendly to Adams's administration. The Senate, however, comprised a majority of Jackson supporters who vowed to oppose Adams when he appointed Clay secretary of state.
Without support from the Senate, most of Adams's proposals either failed to receive consideration or were defeated as bills. The main exception was funding for surveys and construction of roads and canals. The National Road, the United States's first highway, which stretched from Maryland to Virginia, was extended to Zanesville, Ohio, during Adams's presidency. The Erie Canal opened for traffic on October 26, 1825, and Adams turned over the first shovel of dirt for construction of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal on July 4, 1828.
After the interim election...
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