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In the presidential election of 1824, no candidate received a majority of the electoral votes. Instead, the election went to the House of Representatives, where John Quincy Adams ultimately won the presidency.
The house of representatives
John Quincy Adams won over Andrew Jackson in the 1824 election. This election was unusual in that it was ultimately decided by the U.S. House of Representatives after no candidate received a majority of the electoral vote.
House of Representatives
If there is no majority in a presidential election, the election moves to the newly elected house of Representatives who vote on the top 3 contestants.
1800 & 1824
Yes, it was.
by election of the popular vote
12th
The election is decided by a vote of the members of the US House of Representatives.
1824. John Quincy Adams
The number of electoral votes for each state is equal to the sum of its number of Senators and its number of Representatives in the U.S. House of Representatives. Based on the 2010 Census, there is 1 member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Alaska. Therefore, Alaska had 3 electoral votes in the 2016 presidential election.