Records of the U.S. House of Representatives. 1789 - 2015. Bills and Resolutions Originating in the House. 1789 - 1974. Bills and Resolutions Originating in the House of Representatives, 24th Congress. 12/7/1835 - 3/3/1837. Motion offered by John Quincy Adams to amend the House Journal to include hi

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Records of the U.S. House of Representatives. 1789 - 2015. Bills and Resolutions Originating in the House. 1789 - 1974. Bills and Resolutions Originating in the House of Representatives, 24th Congress. 12/7/1835 - 3/3/1837. Motion offered by John Quincy Adams to amend the House Journal to include his statement that the recently passed "gag rule" was in direct violation of the Constitution, the Rules of the House of Representatives, and the rights of his constituents.

1836

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The "gag rule" resolution that Adams is protesting stated that "All petitions, memorials, resolutions, propositions, or papers, relating in any way, or to any extent whatsoever, to the subject of slavery, shall, without being either printed or referred, be laid upon the table, and that on further action whatever shall be had thereon."

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Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848

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John Quincy Adams (b. July 11, 1767, Braintree, Massachusetts-d. February 23, 1848, Washington, D.C.) was an American statesman who served as a diplomat, United States Senator, member of the House of Representatives, and the sixth President of the United States. He was a member of the Federalist, Democratic-Republican, National Republican, and later the Anti-Masonic and Whig parties. He was the son of President John Adams and Abigail Adams. As a diplomat, Adams played an important role in neg...