Four candidates ran for president in the election of 1824:Andrew Jackson,John Quincy Adams,Henry Clay,and William Crawford.In this election Jackson won the popular vote.The winner was decided by the House of Representatives.In order to win the election the candidates had to receive a majority of the votes.The House of Representatives chose Adams on the first ballot.John Quincy Adams chose Henry Clay as his secretary of state.Jackson thought that Adams had stolen the election with Henry Clay.Jackson this deal a corrupt bargain.On March 4,1825 John Quincy Adams became the 6th President of the United States.In 1828 John Quincy Adams ran for a second term but he lost the election to Andrew Jackson.Adams retired to his home in Massachusetts.
Their were four candidates in the presidential election of 1824.The first candidate was secretary of state John Quincy Adams.The second candidate was general Andrew Jackson.The third candidate was secretary of the treasury William Crawford.The fourth candidate was speaker of the House Of Representatives Henry Clay.
Andrew Jackson was the leader in the Western states in 1824.
US Supreme Court
The election of 1824 was the only election to be decided by the House of Representatives because no candidate received a majority of the electoral vote. The US had become a one party government but the party had 4 candidates that received electoral votes.
Not in the US- presidential election were held in 2004 and 2008 the next one will be in 2012. (The year of a presidential election is always a multiple of 4 .)
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Washington
Yes, it was.
1824. John Quincy Adams
John Quincy Adams won over Andrew Jackson in the 1824 election. This election was unusual in that it was ultimately decided by the U.S. House of Representatives after no candidate received a majority of the electoral vote.
The 1824 presidential election did mark the final collapse of Republican-Federalist political framework.
The US House of Representatives settled the 1824 election and chose the president in early 1825.
1800 & 1824
In the presidential election of 1824, no candidate received a majority of the electoral votes. Instead, the election went to the House of Representatives, where John Quincy Adams ultimately won the presidency.
The results were shaped by regional interests.
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The results were shaped by regional interests.