John Quincy Adams & Sam Houston were 2 of the 8 brave senators JFK wrote about in this Pulitzer-winning 1956 book
The project resulted in 
the publication of Profiles in Courage, which focuses on the careers of eight 
Senators whom ... John Quincy Adams came to the Senate as a Massachusetts 
Federalist in ... Sam Houston earned his place in Profiles in Courage by his 
refusal to... [DOC] [TLE] Profiles in Courage - by John F. Kennedy - Paul's Books [PAR] List of senators profiled[edit] John Quincy Adams, a Senator (18031808) (later ... 
Sam Houston, from Texas, for speaking against the KansasNebraska Act of 
1854.