He proposed an amendment to the constitution making every child born after July 4, 1842 free, and banning new slave states in
He proposed an amendment to the constitution making every child born after July 4, 1842 free, and banning new slave states in the Union that was quashed by the Gag Rules. He argued the Amistad case in front of the Supreme Court, and he had earlier negotiated a treaty giving the U.S. Florida along with Louis de Onis. Henry Clay supported this man in return for becoming secretary to determine the election of 1824 despite Andrew Jackson having more electoral votes. For 10 points, name this sixth president of the United States, son of another President.
He proposed an amendment to the constitution making every child born after July 4, 1842 free, and banning new slave states in the Union that was quashed by the Gag Rules.
John Quincy Adams