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While Andrew Jackson won a plurality of electoral votes and the popular vote in the election of 1824, he lost to John Quincy Adams as the election was deferred to the House of Representatives (by the terms of the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution, a presidential election in which no candidate wins a majority of the electoral vote is decided by a contingent election in the ...
In 1828, Andrew Jackson, who had lost the 1824 election in a runoff in the United States House of Representatives, despite winning both the popular vote and the electoral vote by significant margins, ran for President of the United States. He had been nominated by the Tennessee state legislature in 1825, and did not face any opposition from ...
Andrew Jackson (March 15, 1767 ... Biddle was finally convinced to take open action by Henry Clay, who had decided to run for president against Jackson in the 1832 ...
Adams sought to have Jackson be his vice-presidential running mate and Louisa Adams hosted a ball in honor of the Battle of New Orleans' ninth anniversary. He had supported Jackson during his invasion of Florida while Clay and Crawford opposed him, causing Jackson to oppose them. Clay supporters in the Tennessee legislature nominated Jackson ...
Andrew Jackson‡ [g] John Quincy Adams† [g] William H. Crawford (Democratic-Republican) Henry Clay (Democratic-Republican) Year Democratic candidate National Republican candidate Other candidate(s) 1828: Andrew Jackson† John Quincy Adams: 1832: Andrew Jackson† Henry Clay: John Floyd William Wirt (Anti-Masonic) Year Democratic candidate ...
White ran against the Force Bill, Jackson's actions in the Bank War, and Van Buren's unpopularity in the South. William Henry Harrison, who had gained national fame for his role in the Battle of Tippecanoe, established himself as the main Whig candidate in the North, although Daniel Webster also had the support of some Northern Whigs. [255]
The 1828 United States elections elected the members of the 21st United States Congress.It marked the beginning of the Second Party System, and the definitive split of the Democratic-Republican Party into the Democratic Party (organized around Andrew Jackson) and the National Republican Party (organized around John Quincy Adams and opponents of Jackson).
Andrew Jackson: TN 1767 61 Vice President John C. Calhoun: SC 1782 46 56 68.2 1: 1828^ I NR President John Quincy Adams: MA 1767 61 Sec. of Treasury: Richard Rush: PA 1780 48 43.6 31.8 2 1824^ O DR Sec. of State: John Quincy Adams [q] MA 1767 57 Sec. of War: John C. Calhoun [r] SC: 1782: 42 30.9 32.2 1: 1824^ O DR Senator Andrew Jackson [q] TN ...