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United States presidential election of 1824
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The election results of 1824 John Wesley Jarvis: General Andrew Jackson John Quincy Adams William H. Crawford Henry Clay U.S. Pres. Andrew Jackson Thematic map of the United States showing the results of the 1824 presidential election, with states color-coded by the candidate who received their electoral votes: Jackson (light blue), Adams (pink), Crawford (brown), and Clay (green). Some states are striped to indicate split electoral votes. The map includes electoral vote counts for each state and a legend explaining the outcome and vote distribution. An American flag is faintly displayed in the background.
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United States presidential election of 1824, American presidential election held in 1824, in which John Quincy Adams was elected by the House of Representatives after Andrew Jackson won the most popular and electoral votes but failed to receive a majority. Beginning in 1796, caucuses of the political parties’ congressional delegations met informally to nominate their presidential and vice presidential candidates, leaving the general public with no direct input. The subsequent demise in the 1810s of...

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