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On his return to the United States, Adams re-established a legal practice in Boston, and in April 1802 he was elected to the Massachusetts Senate. [36] In November of that year, he ran unsuccessfully for the United States House of Representatives. [37] In February 1803, the Massachusetts legislature elected Adams to the United States Senate.
Thus, the presidential election was decided by the House of Representatives, which elected John Quincy Adams on the first ballot. John C. Calhoun, supported by Adams and Jackson, easily won the vice presidency, not requiring a contingent election in the Senate. Jackson's electoral college plurality was the result of the Three-fifths Compromise ...
John Quincy Adams was appointed as United States Minister to the Netherlands and ambassador to the Netherlands by George Washington. [3] [4] He was also appointed as ambassador to Prussia by his father, John Adams. [5] He was elected to the Massachusetts Senate in 1802. He ran for election for the United States House of Representatives from the ...
The 1824–25 United States House of Representatives elections were held on various dates in various states between July 7, 1824, and August 30, 1825. Each state set its own date for its elections to the House of Representatives before the first session of the 19th United States Congress convened on December 5, 1825. Elections were held for all ...
Massachusetts Representative John Quincy Adams presided as "chairman" of the House after the clerk lost control. Two weeks later, when voting for speaker of the House finally commenced, 11 ballots were needed before Robert M. T. Hunter , a compromise Whig candidate, was elected, receiving 119 votes (out of 232 cast). [ 2 ]
Representatives elected to the 18th Congress are often classified by how they voted in the 1825 contingent election, which after a controversial, unanticipated political deal chose John Quincy Adams President, triggering a new, rancorous, abruptly realigned period of partisanship.
Former U.S. President John Quincy Adams was elected in Massachusetts's 11th district, becoming the first former president to re-enter public life after leaving the presidency. Elections were held November 1, 1830, but at least one district went to so many ballots it failed to achieve a majority election until 1832, just before the next cycle began.
Each state set its own date for its elections to the House of Representatives before the first session of the 7th United States Congress convened on December 7, 1801. They were held at the same time as the 1800 presidential election, in which Vice President Thomas Jefferson, a Democratic Republican, defeated incumbent President John Adams, a ...