Did John Quincy Adams in 1824 keep Andrew Jackson from becoming president?

Answer 1

This refers to the election when Andrew Jackson won a plurality of the vote (< 50%, but most of all candidates), but the electors decided to elect John Quincy Adams instead as a compromise candidate.

Though some would say yes, I'd say arguably no.

1. Andrew Jackson was not entitled to the Presidency simply because he won a plurality of the electoral votes. If he was, then the constitution would have been written that way by the founders.
2. Andrew Jackson became President at a later time, the next election.
3. Andrew Jackson arguably kept himself from becoming President by taking centrist positions during his campaign, possibly obscuring his true positions and making him less likely to be supported if you stood strongly on one side of an issue.