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1824 United States elections
|
Incumbent president
| James Monroe
(
Democratic-Republican
)
|
---|
Next Congress
| 19th
|
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|
Partisan control
| Democratic-Republican hold
|
---|
Electoral vote
|
John Quincy Adams
(DR)
| 84
[1]
|
---|
Andrew Jackson
(DR)
| 99
|
---|
William H. Crawford
(DR)
| 41
|
---|
Henry Clay
(DR)
| 37
|
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![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/ElectoralCollege1824.svg/205px-ElectoralCollege1824.svg.png) |
1824 presidential election results.
Blue
denotes states won by Jackson,
orange
denotes those won by Crawford,
green
denotes those won by Adams,
light yellow
denotes those won by Clay. Numbers indicate the number of electoral votes allotted to each state.
|
|
Overall control
| Jacksonian gain
|
---|
Seats contested
| 16 of 48 seats
[2]
|
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Net seat change
| Jacksonian +25
[3]
|
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|
Overall control
| Pro-Adams gain
|
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Seats contested
| All 213 voting members
|
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Net seat change
| Pro-Adams +22
[3]
|
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The
1824 United States elections
elected the members of the
19th United States Congress
. It marked the end of the
Era of Good Feelings
and the
First Party System
. The divided outcome in the 1824 presidential contest reflected the renewed partisanship and emerging regional interests that defined a fundamentally changed
political landscape. The bitterness that followed the election ensured political divisions would be long-lasting and facilitated the gradual emergence of what would eventually become the
Second Party System
. Members of the
Democratic-Republican Party
continued to maintain a dominant role in federal politics, but the party became factionalized between supporters of
Andrew Jackson
and supporters of
John Quincy Adams
. The
Federalist Party
ceased to function as a national party, having fallen into irrelevance following a relatively strong performance in
1812
.
In the first close presidential election since the
1812 election
, four major candidates ran, all of whom were members of the
Democratic-Republican Party
. The Democratic-Republicans had largely been successful in fielding only one presidential candidate in previous elections (except in
1812
), but the breakdown of the
congressional nominating caucus
and a lack of meaningful opposition from the Federalists allowed for a multi-candidate field. Senator
Andrew Jackson
from Tennessee, Secretary of State
John Quincy Adams
, Secretary of the Treasury
William Crawford
, and Speaker of the House
Henry Clay
all received
electoral votes
. With no candidate receiving a majority of the electoral vote, the House
chose
among the three candidates (Jackson, Adams, and Crawford) with the most electoral votes. Although Jackson won a plurality of electoral and popular votes, the House elected Adams as president.
[4]
Despite the chaos in the presidential election,
John C. Calhoun
won the vice presidency with a majority of electoral votes.
The 1824 presidential election was the only time that the House elected the president under the terms of the
Twelfth Amendment
, and the only time that the
winner
of the most
electoral votes
did not win the presidency. This was the first occasion where the candidate who won the popular vote did not win the presidency. Adams's victory ended the
Virginia dynasty
of presidents, but continued the trend of the incumbent
secretary of state
winning election as president.
In the
House
, Democratic-Republicans continued to command a dominant majority. Supporters of Adams narrowly outnumbered supporters of Jackson.
[5]
John W. Taylor
, who would later join Adams's
National Republicans
, was elected
Speaker of the House
.
In the
Senate
, Democratic-Republicans continued to command a dominant majority. Supporters of Jackson narrowly outnumbered supporters of Adams.
[6]
See also
[
edit
]
References
[
edit
]
- ^
As no presidential candidate won a majority of the electoral vote, the House of Representatives held a contingent election. Adams won that contingent election.
- ^
Not counting special elections.
- ^
a
b
Congressional seat gain figures only reflect the results of the regularly-scheduled elections, and do not take special elections into account.
- ^
"1824 Presidential Election"
.
The American Presidency Project
. Retrieved
25 June
2014
.
- ^
"Party Divisions of the House of Representatives"
. United States House of Representatives
. Retrieved
25 June
2014
.
- ^
"Party Division in the Senate, 1789-Present"
. United States Senate
. Retrieved
25 June
2014
.