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Andrew Jackson was the leader in the Western states in 1824.
In 1824 four candidates received electoral votes and no candidate got the majority required to be elected, so the House decided the election. (In 1800 Jefferson and his running mate, Aaron Burr tied in electoral vote because at that time, each elector had two votes. This situation was changed by the 12th amendment.)
Four candidates ran for president in the election of 1824:Andrew Jackson,John Quincy Adams,Henry Clay,and William Crawford.In this election Jackson won the popular vote.The winner was decided by the House of Representatives.In order to win the election the candidates had to receive a majority of the votes.The House of Representatives chose Adams on the first ballot.John Quincy Adams chose Henry Clay as his secretary of state.Jackson thought that Adams had stolen the election with Henry Clay.Jackson this deal a corrupt bargain.On March 4,1825 John Quincy Adams became the 6th president of the United States.In 1828 John Quincy Adams ran for a second term but he lost the election to Andrew Jackson.Adams retired to his home in Massachusetts.
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Those were the only two US presidential elections that had to be decided by the US House of Representatives.
Andrew Jackson won all the Southern state but GA in 1824. WM Crawford carried his home state of GA,
After the Corrupt Bargain of 1824 when Andrew Jackson was defeated, an upwelling of support arose against back room deals and candidates chosen by caucus. At this point in American history, the nominating of candidates became more democratic as conventions replaced caucuses.
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The other candidates in the 1824 U.S. Presidential election were U.S. Senator Andrew Jackson, U.S. Treasury Secretary William H. Crawford, and Speaker of the House Henry Clay.
U. S. Vice Presidents who were chosen to be Vice Presidential candidates after they tried but failed to get the presidential nomination:George Clinton (1808)Daniel D. Tompkins (1816)John C. Calhoun (1824)Thomas A. Hendricks (1884)Thomas R. Marshall (1912)Calvin Coolidge (1920)Charles Curtis (1928)John Nance Garner (1932)Lyndon B. Johnson (1960)George H. W. Bush (1980)Joe Biden (2008)