During the early 1830s, Kelley led a campaign to rename the Cascade Range as the Presidents Range, with each major peak to be named after a former President of the United States. Kelley intended Mount Hood to be named Mount Adams in honor of John Adams. A mapmaker mistakenly placed the Mount Adams name north of Mount Hood by about 40 miles (64 km), east of Mt. St. Helens. By coincidence, there was a mountain there with no official United States name. It became known as Mount Adams, despite the failure of Kelley's plan to rename the entire range.