After James Smithson's fortune was lost by the US government by investing in state bonds that defaulted, this Congressman led the effort in restoring the funds to found the Smithsonian. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this Congressman who died of a stroke after yelling "No!" to a vote to honor officers of the Mexican American War. This son of a former president was also the sixth president.
ANSWER: John Quincy Adams [Do not accept or prompt on John Adams]
[10h] John Quincy Adams was elected after an unexpected vote cast by this Dutch aristocrat from New York, whose death in 1839 sparked the Anti-Rent War.
ANSWER: Stephen Van Rensselaer III
[10m] John Quincey Adams coined the term for this series of House rules that resulted in the immediate tabling of all petitions of slavery. He successfully got these rules repealed in 1844.
ANSWER: gag rule
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