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As president, he sought to modernize the American economy and promoted education.

Adams enacted a part of his agenda and paid off much of the national debt.

He was stymied by a Congress controlled by his enemies, and his lack of patronage networks helped politicians eager to undercut him.

He lost his 1828 bid for re-election to Andrew Jackson.

In doing so, he became the first president since his father to serve a single term.