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1824 US Presidential Election Result, Past US election Result, US Presidential Election History Details winner candidates party vote %, US Election Results

1824 US Presidential Election Result, Past US election Result, US Presidential Election History Details winner candidates party vote %, US Election Resultsus-map

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 the only one in history to be 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.

Presidential candidate

Party

Home state

Popular vote[a]

Electoral vote

Count

Percentage

Andrew Jackson

Democratic-Republican

Tennessee

1,51,271

41.4

99

John Quincy Adams

Democratic-Republican

Massachusetts

1,13,122

30.9

84

William Harris Crawford

Democratic-Republican

Georgia

40,856

11.2

41

Henry Clay

Democratic-Republican

Kentucky

47,531

13

37

(Massachusetts unpledged electors)

None

Massachusetts

6,616

1.8

0

Other

6,437

1.8

0

Total

3,65,833

100.00%

261

Needed to win

131