How was the election of 1840 different from other elections?

Answer 1

The Electoral College vote was a tie, 73 to 73 between Thomas Jefferson and running mate Aaron Burr. (In those days, there was only one vote for president and vice-president combined and each elector got two votes, with the second place finisher becoming vice-president. One of the electors should have listed someone else for VP, but all the Jefferson supporters voted for the both Jefferson and Burr. )Therefore, the House of Representatives chose the President. Burr saw his chance to be president and refused to resign . ) Opponents of Jefferson saw their chance to thwart Jefferson and maybe get some concessions from Burr if he was made president. After much political maneuvering, Jefferson was elected. The 12th amendment that changed the election process was ratified before the next election.

Answer 2

At the election of 1824, there were four presidential candidates: John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson, Henry Clay, and John C. Calhoun. When the results was tallied, none of the four received an electoral majority because each carried different areas. Based on the Twelfth Amendment, three of the top candidates would be decided by the House of Representatives (Henry Clay was kicked off because he received the least vote). It was apparent that Jackson was going to win (and he did won the popular vote), but Henry Clay, using his influence as the Speaker of the House, convinced the majority of the House to vote for Adams. As a result, John Quincy Adams became the president, and as a favour to Clay, he appointed Clay as the Secretary of State. For this reason, the election of 1824 was seen as a "corrupt bargain." Also, this election finally ended the "Era of Good Feelings" because for once, there is not just one political party, which was an advantage because having only one political party gave a sense of political unity. In addition, it also ended the congressional caucus. Before 1824, Congressional Caucus was a system used to nominate only one candidate to represent each political party, but with many people voting for presidential candidates, there were several people representing the Republicans instead of only one, thus leading to the demise of the Congressional Caucus.

Answer 3

The 1840 Presidential Election was the only one since Vice Presidential elections were introduced in 1804 that one of the major-party candidates ran without a running mate (incumbent Martin Van Buren wanted his Vice President, Richard M. Johnson, to run with him again, but the Democratic Party refused to nominate him).

That was also the first election in which the winner was the nominee of the Whig Party.

Answer 4

William Henry Harrison swept the election of 1840 with 234 electoral votes. However, he barely won the popular vote against Martin Van Buren.

Answer 5

Because there was a tied between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr

Answer 6

It was only the third election, but the first with two major political parties running.

Answer 7

George Washington was elected without opposition in the first two elections. 1796 was the first one that had two opposing candidates with opposing views about running the country.

Answer 8

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