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000001A0: 6F 72 20 6F 66 0A 74 68 65 20 48 6F 75 73 65 2E |or of.the House.|
000001B0: 7E 48 65 20 64 69 64 20 6E 6F 74 20 72 65 63 65 |~He did not rece|
000001C0: 69 76 65 0A 61 6E 20 65 6C 65 63 74 6F 72 61 6C |ive.an electoral|
000001D0: 0A 6D 61 6A 6F 72 69 74 79 20 61 6E 64 20 68 69 |.majority and hi|
000001E0: 73 0A 70 72 65 73 69 64 65 6E 63 79 20 77 61 73 |s.presidency was|
000001F0: 0A 64 65 63 69 64 65 64 20 69 6E 20 74 68 65 0A |.decided in the.|
00000200: 48 6F 75 73 65 2E 7E |House.~ |
XF0~ADAMS~HE WAS A BRILLIANT.SCHOLAR AND
.LINGUIST.~IN HIS DIARY HE.DESCRIBED HIM
SELF.AS "COLD, AUSTERE.AND FORBIDDING."~
HIS WIFE PLAYED.THE HARP.~HE TAUGHT RHET
ORIC.AT HARVARD.~HE TOLD HIS WIFE.HE LOV
ED HIS.COUNTRY MORE THAN.HER.~HE WAS MIN
ISTER TO.PRUSSIA.~HE HELPED DRAW UP.THE
TREATY OF.GHENT.~HE NEGOTIATED THE.ACQUI
SITION OF.FLORIDA AND THE.PACIFIC NORTHW
EST.FROM SPAIN.~HE SUFFERED A.STROKE AND
DIED.ON THE FLOOR OF.THE HOUSE.~HE DID
NOT RECEIVE.AN ELECTORAL.MAJORITY AND HI
S.PRESIDENCY WAS.DECIDED IN THE.HOUSE.~
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