Who was chosen as president of the United states by the U.S house of representatives?

Answer 1

John Quincy Adams was chosen by the House in 1824 because nobody got a majority of the electoral vote. (Thomas Jefferson was chosen by the House in 1800 because he and his running mate. Aaron Burr tied in electoral vote. At that time every elector cast two votes. The highest became President and second highest vice-president. Burr saw his chance to be president and refused to resign, but the House eventually elected Jefferson. The 12th amendment was soon ratified which made the election of President and vice-president separate.

Answer 2

Thomas Jefferson (in 1801) and John Quincy Adams (in 1825) were chosen by the House of Representatives because no candidate won a majority of the electoral votes.

In Thomas Jefferson's case it was because he and Vice Presidential candidate technically had the same number of votes. A Constitutional Amendment following the election prevented that from happening again.

For John Quincy Adams, it was a four man race. Andrew Jackson won the most electoral votes, but was short of a majority.

Answer 3

This has happened twice - in 1800 and in 1824. 1800 was a fluke under the original constitution which did not consider political parties. In that election, Thomas Jefferson and his running mate, Aaron Burr, tied in the electoral college and Burr, seeing his chance to make a deal and be president, refused to step aside. Jefferson eventually won in the House, but they added the 12th amendment to prevent such from occurring again. !n 1824 there were four men who received electoral votes and nobody got a majority, so the election went to the House as it is supposed to, under the constitution.

Answer 4

Thomas Jefferson was the president whose election was depended upon by the vote of the House of Representatives. Jefferson was the 3rd President of the United States from 1801 until 1809.