United States presidential election, 1824

October 26 – December 2, 1824

All 261 electoral votes of the Electoral College 131 electoral votes needed to win


Nominee	John Q. Adams	Andrew Jackson
Party	Democratic-Republican	Democratic-Republican
Home state	Massachusetts	Tennessee
Running mate	John C. Calhoun	John C. Calhoun
Electoral vote	84	99
States carried	7 (in E.C.) 13 (in H.R.)	12 (in E.C.) 7 (in H.R.)
Popular vote	113,122^{[lower-alpha 1]}	151,271^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Percentage	30.9%	41.4%


Nominee	William H. Crawford	Henry Clay
Party	Democratic-Republican	Democratic-Republican
Home state	Georgia	Kentucky
Running mate	Nathaniel Macon (replacing Albert Gallatin)	Nathan Sanford
Electoral vote	41	37
States carried	2 (in E.C.) 4 (in H.R.)	3 (in E.C.)
Popular vote	40,856^{[lower-alpha 1]}	47,531^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Percentage	11.2%	13.0%

Presidential election results map. Blue denotes states won by Jackson, Orange denotes those won by Adams, Green denotes those won by Crawford, Light Yellow denotes those won by Clay. Numbers indicate the number of electoral votes allotted to each state.

President before election

James Monroe
Democratic-Republican

Elected President

John Quincy Adams
Democratic-Republican

The United States presidential election of 1824 was the tenth quadrennial presidential election, held from Tuesday, October 26, to Thursday, December 2, 1824. John Quincy Adams was elected President on February 9, 1825. The election was decided by the House of Representatives under the provisions of the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution after no candidate secured a majority of the electoral vote. It was the first presidential election in which the candidate who received the most electoral votes (Andrew Jackson) did not become President, a source of great bitterness for Jackson and his supporters, who proclaimed the election of Adams a corrupt bargain. The election also saw the first instance of a candidate winning a presidential election despite not receiving a majority of popular votes cast.

Prior to the election, the Democratic-Republican Party had won the last six consecutive presidential elections. In 1824 the Democratic-Republican Party failed to agree on a choice of candidate for president, with the result that the party effectively ceased to exist and split four ways behind four separate candidates. Later, the faction led by Andrew Jackson would evolve into the modern Democratic Party, while the factions led by John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay would become the National Republican Party (not related to the current Republican Party) and then the Whig Party.

General election

Campaign

The previous competition between the Federalist Party and the Democratic-Republican Party collapsed after the War of 1812 due to the disintegration of the Federalists' popular appeal, and U.S. President James Monroe of the Democratic-Republican Party was able to run without opposition in the election of 1820. Like previous presidents who had been elected to two terms, James Monroe declined to seek re-nomination for a third term.^[1]

Monroe's vice president, Daniel D. Tompkins, was considered unelectable due to his overwhelming unpopularity and major health problems. (Tompkins died in June 1825, a little over three months after he left office.) The presidential nomination was thus left wide open within the Democratic-Republican Party, the only major national political entity remaining in the United States.

Nomination process

Congressional Caucus Balloting
Presidential Ballot		Vice Presidential Ballot
William H. Crawford	64	Albert Gallatin	57
Henry Clay	2
John Quincy Adams	2	Erastus Root	2
Andrew Jackson	1	John Quincy Adams	1
		William Eustis	1
		William Rufus King	1
		William Lowndes	1
		Richard Rush	1
		Samuel Smith	1
		John Tod	1

The traditional Congressional caucus nominated Crawford for president and Albert Gallatin for vice-president, but it was sparsely attended and was widely attacked as undemocratic. Gallatin later withdrew from the contest for the vice presidency, after quickly becoming disillusioned by repeated attacks on his credibility made by the other candidates. He was replaced by North Carolina senator Nathaniel Macon. A serious impediment to Crawford's candidacy was created by the effects of a stroke he suffered in 1823. Among other candidates, John Quincy Adams had more support than Henry Clay because of his huge popularity among the old Federalist voters in New England. By this time, even the traditionally Federalist Adams family had come to terms with the Democratic-Republican Party.

The election was as much a contest of favorite sons as it was a conflict over policy, although positions on tariffs and internal improvements did create some significant disagreements. In general, the candidates were favored by different sections of the country: Adams was strong in the Northeast; Jackson in the South, West and mid-Atlantic; Clay in parts of the West; and Crawford in parts of the East.

Secretary of War John C. Calhoun of South Carolina, who was a fifth candidate in the early stages of consideration, declined to run for president, but did decide to seek the vice presidency. For president, he backed Jackson, whose political beliefs he considered more compatible with those of most voters in the southern states. Both Adams and Jackson supporters backed Calhoun's candidacy as vice president, thus he easily secured the majority of electoral votes he needed to secure that office. In reality, Calhoun was vehemently opposed to nearly all of Adams's policies, but he did nothing to dissuade Adams supporters from voting for him for vice president.

Results by county explicitly indicating the percentage of the winning candidate in each county. Shades of blue are for Jackson (Democratic-Republican), shades of red are for Adams (Democratic-Republican), shades of yellow are for Clay (Democratic-Republican), and shades of green are for Crawford (Democratic-Republican).

The campaigning for presidential election of 1824 took many forms. Contrafacta, or well known songs and tunes whose lyrics have been altered, were used to promote political agendas and presidential candidates. Below can be found a sound clip featuring "Hunters of Kentucky," a tune written by Samuel Woodsworth in 1815 under the title "The Unfortunate Miss Bailey." Contrafacta such as this one, which promoted Andrew Jackson as a national hero, have been a long-standing tradition in presidential elections. Another form of campaigning during this election was through newsprint. Political cartoons and partisan writings were best circulated among the voting public through newspapers. Presidential candidate John C. Calhoun was one of the candidates most directly involved through his participation in the publishing of the newspaper The Patriot as a member of the editorial staff. This was a sure way to promote his own political agendas and campaign. In contrast, most candidates involved in early 19th century elections did not run their own political campaigns. Instead it was left to volunteer citizens and partisans to speak on their behalf.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

	Hunters of Kentucky Jackson supporters used this Battle of New Orleans anthem as their campaign song.
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Results

Considering the large numbers of candidates and strong regional preferences, it is not surprising that the results of the election of 1824 were inconclusive. The electoral map confirmed the candidates' sectional support, with Adams winning outright in the New England states, Jackson gleaning success in states throughout the nation, Clay attracting votes from the West, and Crawford attracting votes from the eastern South. Andrew Jackson received more electoral and popular votes than any other candidate, but not the majority of 131 electoral votes needed to win the election. Since no candidate received the required majority of electoral votes, the presidential election was decided by the House of Representatives (see "Contingent election" below). Meanwhile, John C. Calhoun easily defeated his rivals in the race for the vice presidency, as the support of both the Adams and Jackson camps quickly gave him an unassailable lead over the other candidates.

Presidential candidate	Party	Home state	Popular vote^{[lower-alpha 1]}		Electoral vote
Presidential candidate	Party	Home state	Count	Percentage	Electoral vote
Andrew Jackson^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Democratic-Republican	Tennessee	151,271	41.4	99
John Quincy Adams^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Democratic-Republican	Massachusetts	113,122	30.9	84
William Harris Crawford^{[lower-alpha 4]}	Democratic-Republican	Georgia	40,856	11.2	41
Henry Clay^{[lower-alpha 5]}	Democratic-Republican	Kentucky	47,531	13.0	37
(Massachusetts unpledged electors)	None	Massachusetts	6,616	1.8	0
Other			6,437	1.8	0
Total			365,833	100.0%	261
Needed to win					131

Vice Presidential candidate	Party	State	Electoral vote^[7]
John C. Calhoun	Democratic-Republican	South Carolina	182
Nathan Sanford	Democratic-Republican	New York	30
Nathaniel Macon	Democratic-Republican	North Carolina	24
Andrew Jackson	Democratic-Republican	Tennessee	13
Martin Van Buren	Democratic-Republican	New York	9
Henry Clay	Democratic-Republican	Kentucky	2
Total			260
Needed to win			131

Results by state

		Andrew Jackson Democratic-Republican			John Quincy Adams Democratic-Republican			Henry Clay Democratic-Republican			William Crawford Democratic-Republican			State Total
State	electoral votes	#	%	electoral votes	#	%	electoral votes	#	%	electoral votes	#	%	electoral votes	#
Alabama	5	000136189,429	69.32	5	000136182,422	17.80	-	0004866996	0.71	-	000486691,656	12.17	-	13,603	AL
Connecticut	8	no ballots			7,494	70.39	8	no ballots			1,965	18.46	-	10,647	CT
Delaware	3	no popular vote			no popular vote		1	no popular vote			no popular vote		2	-	DE
Georgia	9	no popular vote			no popular vote			no popular vote			no popular vote		9	-	GA
Illinois	3	1,272	27.23	2	1,516	32.46	1	1,036	22.18	-	847	18.13	-	4,671	IL
Indiana	5	7,343	46.61	5	3,095	19.65	-	5,315	33.74	-	no ballots			15,753	IN
Kentucky	14	6,356	27.23	-	no ballots			16,982	72.77	14	no ballots			23,338	KY
Louisiana	5	no popular vote		3	no popular vote		2	no popular vote			no popular vote			-	LA
Maine	9	no ballots			10,289	81.50	9	no ballots			2,336	18.50	-	12,625	ME
Maryland	11	14,523	43.73	7	14,632	44.05	3	695	2.09	-	3,364	10.13	1	33,214	MD
Massachusetts	15	no ballots			30,687	72.97	15	no ballots			no ballots			42,056	MA
Mississippi	3	3,121	63.77	3	1,654	33.80	-	no ballots			119	2.43	-	4,894	MS
Missouri	3	1,166	33.97	-	159	4.63	-	2,042	59.50	3	32	0.93	-	3,432	MO
New Hampshire	8	no ballots			9,389	93.59	8	no ballots			643	6.41	-	10,032	NH
New Jersey	8	10,332	52.08	8	8,309	41.89	-	no ballots			1,196	6.03	-	19,837	NJ
New York	36	no popular vote		1	no popular vote		26	no popular vote		4	no popular vote		5	-	NY
North Carolina	15	20,231	56.03	15	no ballots			no ballots			15,622	43.26	-	36,109	NC
Ohio	16	18,489	36.96	-	12,280	24.55	-	19,255	38.49	16	no ballots			50,024	OH
Pennsylvania	28	35,929	76.04	28	5,436	11.50	-	1,705	3.61	-	4,182	8.85	-	47,252	PA
Rhode Island	4	no ballots			2,145	91.47	4	no ballots			200	8.53	-	2,345	RI
South Carolina	11	no popular vote		11	no popular vote			no popular vote			no popular vote			-	SC
Tennessee	11	20,197	97.45	11	216	1.04	-	no ballots			312	1.51	-	20,725	TN
Vermont	7	no popular vote			no popular vote		7	no popular vote			no popular vote			35,031	VT
Virginia	24	2,975	19.35	-	3,419	22.24	-	419	2.73	-	8,558	55.68	24	15,371	VA
TOTALS:	261	151,363	41.36	99	113,142	30.92	84	47,545	12.99	37	41,032	11.21	41	365,928	US
TO WIN:	131

Breakdown by ticket

	Total	Andrew Jackson	John Q. Adams	William H. Crawford	Henry Clay
Electoral Votes for President:	261	99	84	40	38
For Vice President, John C. Calhoun	182	99	74	2	7
For Vice President, Nathan Sanford	30			2	28
For Vice President, Nathaniel Macon	24			24
For Vice President, Andrew Jackson	13		9	1	3
For Vice President, Martin Van Buren	9			9
For Vice President, Henry Clay	2			2
(No vote for Vice President)	1		1

1825 Contingent election

The voting by state in the House of Representatives. States in orange voted for Adams, states in green for Crawford, and states in blue for Jackson.

Since no candidate received a majority of the electoral votes, the presidential election was thrown into the U.S. House of Representatives. Following the provisions of the Twelfth Amendment, only the top three candidates in the electoral vote were admitted as candidates in the House: Andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adams, and William Harris Crawford. Henry Clay, who happened to be Speaker of the House at the time, was left out. Clay detested Jackson and had said of him, "I cannot believe that killing 2,500 Englishmen at New Orleans qualifies for the various, difficult, and complicated duties of the Chief Magistracy."^[8] Moreover, Clay's American System was far closer to Adams' position on tariffs and internal improvements than Jackson's or Crawford's, so Clay threw his support to Adams. Thus Adams was elected President on February 9, 1825, on the first ballot,^[9]^[10] with 13 states, followed by Jackson with 7, and Crawford with 4.

Adams' victory shocked Jackson, who, as the winner of a plurality of both the popular and electoral votes, expected to be elected president. Interestingly enough, not too long before the results of the House election, an anonymous statement appeared in a Philadelphia paper, called the Columbian Observer. The statement, said to be from a member of Congress, essentially accused Clay of selling Adams his support for the office of Secretary of State. No formal investigation was conducted, so the matter was neither confirmed nor denied. When Clay was indeed offered the position after Adams was victorious, he opted to accept and continue to support the administration he voted for, knowing that declining the position would not have helped to dispel the rumors brought against him.^[11] By appointing Clay his Secretary of State, President Adams essentially declared him heir to the Presidency, as Adams and his three predecessors had all served as Secretary of State. Jackson and his followers accused Adams and Clay of striking a "corrupt bargain". The Jacksonians would campaign on this claim for the next four years, ultimately attaining Jackson's victory in the Adams-Jackson rematch in 1828.

Results by state in House of Representatives

	Delegation winner	Adams vote	Jackson vote	Crawford vote
Maine	Adams	7	0	0
New Hampshire	Adams	6	0	0
Vermont	Adams	5	0	0
Massachusetts	Adams	12	1	0
Rhode Island	Adams	2	0	0
Connecticut	Adams	6	0	0
New York	Adams	18	2	14
New Jersey	Jackson	1	5	0
Pennsylvania	Jackson	1	25	0
Delaware	Crawford	0	0	1
Maryland	Adams	5	3	1
Virginia	Crawford	1	1	19
North Carolina	Crawford	1	2	10
South Carolina	Jackson	0	9	0
Georgia	Crawford	0	0	7
Alabama	Jackson	0	3	0
Mississippi	Jackson	0	1	0
Louisiana	Adams	2	1	0
Kentucky	Adams	8	4	0
Tennessee	Jackson	0	9	0
Missouri	Adams	1	0	0
Ohio	Adams	10	2	2
Indiana	Jackson	0	3	0
Illinois	Adams	1	0	0
Total votes^[12]	Adams	87 (41%)	71 (33%)	54 (25%)
Votes by state	Adams	13 (54%)	7 (29%)	4 (17%)

Electoral College selection

Caucus curs in full yell, by James Akin, 1824 (critique of "the press's treatment of Andrew Jackson, and on the practice of nominating candidates by caucus").^[13]

Method of choosing Electors	State(s)
Each Elector chosen by voters statewide	Alabama Connecticut Indiana Massachusetts Mississippi New Hampshire New Jersey North Carolina Ohio Pennsylvania Rhode Island Virginia
Each Elector appointed by state legislature	Delaware Georgia Louisiana New York South Carolina Vermont
State is divided into electoral districts, with one Elector chosen per district by the voters of that district	Illinois Kentucky Maryland Missouri Tennessee
Two Electors chosen by voters statewide One Elector chosen per Congressional district by the voters of that district	Maine

Notes

1 2 3 4 5 The popular vote figures exclude Delaware, Georgia, Louisiana, New York, South Carolina, and Vermont. In all of these states, the Electors were chosen by the state legislatures rather than by popular vote.^[6]
↑ Jackson was nominated by the Tennessee state legislature and by the Democratic Party of Pennsylvania.
↑ Adams was nominated by the Massachusetts state legislature.
↑ Crawford was nominated by a caucus of 66 congressmen that called itself the "Democratic members of Congress".
↑ Clay was nominated by the Kentucky state legislature.

References

↑ Ratcliffe, Donald (2015). The One-Party Presidential Contest: Adams, Jackson, and 1824's Five-Horse Race.
↑ Hansen, Liane (October 5, 2008). "Songs Along The Campaign Trail". Election 2008: On The Campaign Trail (Radio series episode) (National Public Radio).
↑ Hay, Thomas R. (October 1934). "John C. Calhoun and the Presidential Campaign of 1824, Some Unpublished Calhoun Letters". The American Historical Review 40 (1). JSTOR 1838676.
↑ McNamara, R. (September 2007). "The Election of 1824 Was Decided in the House of Representatives". About.com. Retrieved October 27, 2008.
↑ Schimler, Stuart (February 12, 2002). "Singing to the Oval Office: A Written History of the Political Campaign Song". President Elect Articles. Retrieved October 28, 2008.
↑ Leip, David. "1824 Presidential Election Results". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved July 26, 2005.
↑ "Electoral College Box Scores 1789–1996". National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved July 30, 2005.
↑ Henry Clay to Francis Preston Blair, January 29, 1825.
↑ Adams, John Quincy; Adams, Charles Francis (1874). Memoirs of John Quincy Adams: Comprising Portions of His Diary from 1795 to 1848. J.B. Lippincott & Co. pp. 501–505. ISBN 0-8369-5021-6. Retrieved August 2, 2006 – via Google Books.
↑ United States Congress (1825). House Journal. 18th Congress, 2nd Session, February 9. pp. 219–222. Retrieved August 2, 2006.
↑ Schlesinger, Arthur Meier; Israel, Fred L. (1971). History of American Presidential Elections, 1789–1968, Volume I, 1789–1844. New York: Chelsea House. pp. 379–381. ISBN 0070797862. Retrieved November 19, 2008 – via Google Books.
↑ McMaster, J. B. (1900). History of the People of the United States... vol. V. New York: D. Appleton and Company. p. 81. Reprinted in Bemis, Samuel Flagg (1965). John Quincy Adams and the Union. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. p. 54.
↑ Akin (1824). "Caucus curs in full yell, or a war whoop, to saddle on the people, a pappoose president / J[ames] Akin, Aquafortis". Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Retrieved April 24, 2012.

External links

"A Historical Analysis of the Electoral College". The Green Papers. Retrieved March 20, 2005.
Presidential Election of 1824: A Resource Guide from the Library of Congress
Election of 1824 in Counting the Votes

John Quincy Adams

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