Most former Presidents retire from public life and never again run for political office.
They generally write books and give speeches for large sums of money. But this was not so with our sixth President John Quincy Adams. In most history classes in America John Quincy Adams is known as being one the greatest people to ever serve as Secretary of Sate. Along with this he is also known as the one who became President through a corrupt bargain with Henry Clay. Under twelfth amendment if no candidate gets a fifty- percent majority the election goes to the House of Representatives for a vote.