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The presidential election of 1876 is sometimes considered to be a second "corrupt bargain". [6] Three Southern states had contested vote counts, and each sent the results of two different slates of electors. Since both candidates needed those electoral votes to win the election, Congress appointed a special Electoral Commission to settle the ...
Several proposed reforms to prevent another election from going to the House of Representatives were brought up in that body, but none were successful. [45] Political currents from the 1824 election over time led to the development of the Whig Party. [46] The forces of Crawford and Jackson combined before the 1828 election. [47]
Kentucky, Missouri, and Ohio all favored Clay in the Electoral College but Adams in the House. (The rules for contingent elections allowed only the top three in the electoral vote to advance, leaving Clay out. He threw his support to Adams, who later named Clay his secretary of state. Jackson partisans labeled this a "corrupt bargain.") [7] [8] [9]
The 1824 presidential election marked the final collapse of the Republican-Federalist political framework. The electoral map confirmed the candidates' sectional support, with Adams winning in New England, Jackson having wide voter appeal, Clay attracting votes from the West, and Crawford attracting votes from the eastern South.
Contested elections in American history at the presidential level involve serious allegations by top officials that the election was "stolen." Such allegations appeared in 1824, 1876, 1912, 1960, [ 1 ] 2000, and 2020.
In 1824, the country was emerging from a period of broad political unity, with the presidential election presaging the factionalism that would define American politics up to the Civil War.
Pages in category "1824 United States presidential election" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. ... Corrupt bargain This page was last ...
The election of 1824 was a complex realigning election following the collapse of the prevailing Democratic-Republican Party, resulting in four different candidates each claiming to carry the banner of the party, and competing for influence in different parts of the country. The election was the only one in history to be decided by the House of ...