The Factions of Sen. John Quincy Adams (MA)

Post Summary: The Factions of Sen. John Quincy Adams, Including Opposition Groups

But when he comes to study the secret propensities which govern the factions of America, he easily perceives that the greater part of them are more or less connected with one or the other of those two divisions which have always existed in free communities....but I affirm that aristocratic or democratic passions may easily be detected at the bottom of all parties, and that, although they escape a superficial observation, they are the main point and the very soul of every faction in the United States.
-Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America

8th Congress, Senate

Adam's faction and its opposition
In the range of 65% to less or equal to 100% affinity
Pickering (MA)-Plumer (NH) Faction
mean Majority Index - 0, max Majority Index - 10.67, min Majority Index - (-10), number - 5
Pickering (MA)[150, 10.67, 55.88%], Adams (MA)[150, 2.67, 52.94%], Olcott (NH)[150, 2, 52.94%], Hillhouse (CT)[150, -4, 52.94%], Plumer (NH)[150, -10, 50%]

Opposition in the range of <= 35% of agreement - Breckinridge (KY)-Cocke (TN)
mean Majority Index - 45, max Majority Index - 49.33, min Majority Index - 40.65, number - 3
Breckinridge (KY)[150, 49.33, 70.59%], Smith (MD)[150, 45.33, 70.59%], Cocke (TN)[123, 40.65, 64.71%]

Faction that Adams opposed
In the range of 65% to less than or equal to 100% affinity
Smith (VT)-Bradley (VT)
mean Majority Index - 36, max Majority Index - 38, min Majority Index - 34, number - 2
Smith (VT)[150, 38, 64.71%], Bradley (VT)[150, 34, 61.76%]

Opposition in the range of <= 42% of agreement - Breckinridge (KY)-Tracy (CT)
mean Majority Index - 24, max Majority Index - 49.33, min Majority Index - (-20.67), number - 5
Breckinridge (KY)[150, 49.33, 70.59%], Smith (OH)[150, 46, 70.59%], Cocke (TN)[123, 40.65, 64.71%], Adams (MA)[150, 2.67, 52.94%], Tracy (CT)[150, -20.67, 47.06%]

In the range of 65% to less than or equal to 100% affinity
Brown (KY)-Condit (NJ)
mean Majority Index - 49, max Majority Index - 52.67, min Majority Index - 45.33, number - 2
Brown (KY)[150, 52.67, 70.59%], Condit (NJ)[150, 45.33, 67.65%]

Opposition in the range of <= 41% of agreement - Dayton (NJ)-Tracy (CT)
mean Majority Index - 0, max Majority Index - 15.33, min Majority Index - -20.67, number - 8
Dayton (NJ)[150, 15.33, 58.82%], Pickering (MA)[150, 10.67, 55.88%], White (DE)[150, 4, 50%], Adams (MA)[150, 2.67, 52.94%], Olcott (NH)[150, 2, 52.94%], Hillhouse (CT)[150, -4, 52.94%], Plumer (NH)[150, -10, 50%], Tracy (CT)[150, -20.67, 47.06%]

9th Congress, Senate

Adams' faction and its opposition
In the range of 75% to less or equal to 100% affinity
Adams (MA)-Tracy (CT)
mean Majority Index - -1, max Majority Index - 6.82, min Majority Index - (-9.09), number - 5
Adams (MA)[88, 6.82, 47.06%], White (DE)[88, 2.27, 50%], Pickering (MA)[88, -1.14, 50%], Hillhouse (CT)[88, -2.27, 47.06%], Tracy (CT)[88, -9.09, 47.06%]

Opposition in the range of <= 35% of agreement - Moore (VA)-Turner (NC)
mean Majority Index - 36, max Majority Index - 42.05, min Majority Index - 23.86, number - 3
Moore (VA)[88, 42.05, 58.82%], Gaillard (SC)[88, 40.91, 55.88%], Turner (NC)[88, 23.86, 50%]


Faction that Adams opposed
In the range of 75% to less than or equal to 100% affinity
Smith (TN)-Worthington (OH) Faction
mean Majority Index - 53, max Majority Index - 68.18, min Majority Index - 37.5, number - 9
Smith (TN)[88, 68.18, 58.82%], Howland (RI)[88, 65.91, 58.82%], Kitchell (NJ)[88, 59.09, 58.82%], Condit (NJ)[88, 57.95, 55.88%], Maclay (PA)[88, 56.82, 61.76%], Smith (VT)[88, 47.73, 55.88%], Moore (VA)[88, 42.05, 58.82%], Gaillard (SC)[88, 40.91, 55.88%], Worthington (OH)[88, 37.5, 52.94%]

Opposition in the range of <= 44% of agreement - Adams (MA)-Tracy (CT)
mean Majority Index - (-2), max Majority Index - 6.82, min Majority Index - (-9.09), number - 6
Adams (MA)[88, 6.82, 47.06%], White (DE)[88, 2.27, 50%], Pickering (MA)[88, -1.14, 50%], Hillhouse (CT)[88, -2.27, 47.06%], Plumer (NH)[88, -6.82, 44.12%], Tracy (CT)[88, -9.09, 47.06%]


Raw data source: Govtrack.us