ELECTIONSOF 1824 AND IB28
Election of 1824
(1 ) Candidates A field
of sevenLeen candi.dates \^7assoon narrowed to four serious
The Fed er alisC
P arty.
A1 1 w e re m e m b e rs o f the D emocrati c-R epubl -i can
c ont ender s .
the
candi dat es
A
l
-though
par t y had d i s a p p e a re d
Feel
i
ng.
Good
of
d u ri n g th e E ra
clf
i
nterests
the
speci
al
represented
party,
each
belonged t o th e s a m e p o l i ti c a l
o f th e c o u i rtry .
s ec t io n
t heir
J ohn Q uinc y A d a m s , fro m th e
J ohn A dam s . g t T h e ti me o f
of S t at e"
w as the son of former p r esident
N o rt h (Massachusetts),
James Monroers Secr et ar y
he w as P resi dent
ttte - etecti on,
Williarn H. Crawford, from the South (Georgia), was Monroe's S ecretary of t he
hoped-Tfat Crawford would succeed hi m.
ffiident
Henry Clay, from the W.est (Kentucky), was a popular leader i n the H ouse of
.
Repr es ent at i v e s
w as the hero of the B attl e
A ndr ew J ac l ts o n , f ro m th e W!:s t (Tennessee),
H e w as a U ni ted S tates Senator in 1824.
O ileans in th e W a r o f 1 8 1 2 .
of
Neu
(2 )
at a m eet ing
candi date
T ba Cam pai g n C ra w fo rd h a d b e e n chosen to be a presi denti al
Other par t y
C
ongress.
i
n
o f th e D emocrati c-R epubl i cans
b y o n l y o n e -th i rd
; t 1! f r ded
par t y as
of
the
w
i
shes
the
agai
nst
and
m em ber s c a l l -e d h i s n o mi n a tj -o n u ndemocratj -c
legislaby
the
candi
dates
be
to
chosen
been
A d a m s , C l a y , a n d J a c k son had
a whole.
nom
inat ion
C
raw
ford'
s
over
di
spute
The
them.
th a t s u p p orted
t ur es of t h o s e s ta te s
di
fferen
ces
S
eeti
onal
el
ecti
on.
pri
or
the
to
i n th e m o n th s
dr ew m uc h a tte n ti o n
of t he
b u t th e c a mpai gn mostl y eentered on the personal i ti es
wer e als o i p p o rta n t,
involved.
f our c andid a te s
(3)
Election
Results
Popular
Votes
Andrew Jackson
John Quincy Adams
H. C ra r^ rfo rd
W illiam
Henry Clay
of
P ercent
Total
V 0tes
-i-;'-;
L+L. L
r)z,J JJ
/
r r ) r oy o ^/
J I.
Y
L2.9
46,979
47 ,136
Electoral
1? n
99
84
4i
37
vot es '
i n both popul ar votes and el ectoral
A ndr ew J a c k s o n l e d a l l c a n di dates
t he
Therefor
e,
votes.
(over hal f)
of the el ectoral
B ut he did n o t w i n a ma j o ri ty
t
o
12th
A
mendment
the
i
n
set forth
to rul es
a c e o rdi ng
Hous e of R e p re s e n ta ti v e s ,
w ere to vote by st at e'
R epresentati ves
h a rl to d e c j -d e the w i nner.
t he Cons t it u ti o n ,
onl y the th r ee
that
The 12th A mendment sai d
wit h eac h s ta te h a v i n g o n e v o Ee .
the run-of f
i
n
comP
ete
votes w oul d
w h o h a d w o n th e m o s E el ectoral
c andidat es
deci
ded to give
C
l
ay
race'
the
T h i s me a n t th a t H e n ry C l ay w as out of
elec t ion.
vtews
the
same
of
many
shared
to John Ouincy Aclams becar-rse the two
his support
f ot
7
A
dams,
for
w
ent
13
voted,
Wh e n the 24 states
on t he is s u e s o f th e d a y .
J ac k s on, a n d 4 fo r C ra w fo rd .
A dams ch ose
i n the H ouse of R epresentati ves,
h i s v i c to ry
F iv e d a y s a fte r
of
of S ecretary
A t that ti me, fhe posi ti on
o f Sta te"
Clay t o be h i s S e c re ta ry
Jacksonrs
to the presi dency.
s teppi ng-stone
S Lat e v as th e m o s t i m p o rta n t
A dams and Clay'
betr,reen
bargai
n"
tl
un
h
a
d
"
corrupt
th
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re
th
a
t
c
ri
e
d
s uppor t er s
"
i n the H ouse to sw i ng the e lect ion
T hLy ehar ge d th a t C l a y h a d u s e d hi s popul ari ty
spent
Jackson and hi s fol l ow ers
fo r th e to p C abi net posi ti on.
t o A dam s in re tu rn
t
o
C
ongress
A dams w anted
t ir e nex t f o u r y e a rs o p p o s i n g p ro grams that P resi dent
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s admi ni strati on'
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for a rematch w i th A darns i n E he
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D
emocrati
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publican
the
i
n
a
spl
i
t
to
l
ed
1824
of
El e c ti o n
T he co n tro v e rs i a l
Republicans'
A dams ca11ed themsel ves N ati onal
par t y .
T h o s e w h o s i d e d w i th Presi dent
D
emocrats
as
the
c a me to b e k n o v r n
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T he J ac k s on i a n s
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