Andrew Jackson's supporters were furious when he did not win the 1824 election and said that it was a corrupt bargain
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Henry Clay lost the election of 1824 because of the "corrupt bargain." He was the Speaker of the House and threw his support behind John Quincy Adams, who ultimately won the presidency.
Andrew Jackson's supporters were furious when he did not win the 1824 election and said that it was a corrupt bargain
The image of a candidate is important during an election because only those with a pristine image are believed to be fit to lead.
His supporters would say that he was a bright young candidate that promised hope for making America a better place. A cynic would say that he slipped in because the Republican candidate had to withdraw at the last minute due to a scandal. ( The Republicans did field a candidate by bringing an outsider, but he had no chance.)
Republicans choose Calvin Coolidge as their vice presidential candidate in the 1920 election largely because?
The candidate was John Quincy Adams and the deal was called "The corrupt bargain" by the supporters of Andrew Jackson who lost the election. The bargain was perfectly legal and not so unusual for politics. What happened was that there were four candidates that received substantial numbers of electoral votes so nobody had a majority and according to law in such cases, the House of Representatives decided the election. Henry Clay who finished fourth was eliminated from consideration so he persuaded the states that he had carried to vote for Adams. Adams later appointed Clay his Secretary of State and that appeared to be the bargain. Jackson supporters thought that as a Kentuckian, Clay would have had a more natural alliance with Jackson and that he only supported Adams because he saw a chance to be the next Secretary of State which at that time was a stepping-stone to the Presidency. The election of 1876 when Rutherford Hayes won over Samuel Tilden also had aspects that were highly political and very much subject to question.(see the related question.)
public sympathy for Jackson, who lost because of a "corrupt bargain."
No, Democrats cannot vote for McCarthy in the upcoming election because he is a Republican candidate.
The Corrupt Bargain refers to the accusations that arose during the 1824 US presidential election, where it was alleged that Henry Clay used his influence as Speaker of the House to ensure John Quincy Adams won the presidency in exchange for the position of Secretary of State. This became an issue because it called into question the integrity of the electoral process and led to increased political division and resentment among supporters of Andrew Jackson, who lost the election.
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This election loss was so controversial because of what has been come to be known in United States History as the Corrupt Bargain. There were four candidates for the Presidency, and following the Constitution at the time, no candidate received a majority vote, and therefore the vote was brought to the House of Representatives. After the election, Jackson was the clear leader, with 99 electoral votes. However, Henry Clay, the Speaker of the House, a presidential candidate drop-out, used his influence to bring John Quincy Adams to his presidency, in an undocumented and unrecorded bargain in which he would receive what was at that time the most important position in the government short of president, Secretary of State.