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How many Americans cast popular votes for the president in 1824?
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∙ 10y ago
The popular vote totals were Andrew Jackson 151,271 (42.9%), John Quincy Adams 113,122 (32.1%), Henry Clay 47,531 (13.5%), and William Crawford 40,856 (11.6%).
In the 1824 presidential election an individual needed to receive at least 131 electoral votes out of the 261 total electoral votes. Andrew Jackson received 99 electoral votes, John Quincy Adams received 84 electoral votes, William Crawford received 41 electoral votes, and Henry Clay received 37 electoral votes. Since no candidate received the required majority of 131 electoral votes, the president was elected by the U.S. House of Representatives in accordance with the Twelfth Amendment of the United States Constitution. John Quincy Adams won the election in the U.S. House of Representatives.
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∙ 6y ago
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∙ 10y ago365,928 popular votes were cast for President in 1824. Five states did not have any popular election ; their state legislatures cast the votes for their electors.
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∙ 13y agoThere were 261 electoral votes in the 1824 presidential election.
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How many votes did John Quincy Adams get?
J. Q. Adams received 113, 122 popular votes for President in 1824 when he won and 500, 897 popular votes in 1828 when he lost.
What President received the lowest percentage of popular votes?
John Quincy Adams in 1824 received only 30.8% of popular vote. In 1860 Lincoln won with 39.7 % .
Has there ever been a president who lost both the electoral votes and poplular votes?
Yep The election of 1824. Jackson won both electoral and popular votes but didn't get majority. That's why The house of representatives whose the president. and John Q. Adams won.
What man received the most electoral votes in 1824?
Andrew Jackson was the leader in electoral votes and in popular votes in 1824 but he did not get the required majority of electoral votes and so the House decided the election as the constitution requires.
In 1824 who selects the president when no candidate receives a majority of electoral votes?
Congress.
Who got more votes in the election of 1824?
Andrew Jackson received the most popular votes and the most electoral votes, but nobody had more than half of all electoral votes as required. When that happens, the House of Representatives elects the President. They chose John Quincy Adams.
When did the popular vote for president begin?
1824
Which branch votes and decides the presidential election in the event of a tie with the popular vote?
The U.S. President is never elected by popular vote. In fact, there have been four Presidential elections in U.S. history in which the winner of the election was not the candidate who received the most popular votes (in 1824, 1876, 1888 and 2000).
Who received of the popular votes and electoral college votes in the elections in 1824?
Andrew Jackson received the largest number of popular votes and electoral votes in the election of 1824. Andrew Jackson lost the election of 1824 even though he received the largest number of popular votes and electoral votes. In the 1824 presidential election an individual needed to receive at least 131 electoral votes out of the 261 total electoral votes. Andrew Jackson received 99 electoral votes, John Quincy Adams received 84 electoral votes, William Crawford received 41 electoral votes, and Henry Clay received 37 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Andrew Jackson 151,271, John Quincy Adams 113,122, Henry Clay 47,531, and William Crawford 40,856. Since no candidate received the required majority of 131 electoral votes, the president was elected by the U.S. House of Representatives in accordance with the Twelfth Amendment of the United States Constitution. John Quincy Adams won the election in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Who came in second in popular votes in the 1824 presidential votes but was elected anyway?
John Quincy Adams finished second both in popular and in electoral votes in 1824. He was chosen by the House to be the next President since nobody won a majority of the electoral vote. Andrew Jackson was first in both counts. His supporters called the election of Adams a corrupt bargain and organized to make sure Jackson won in 1828.
Who received most of the popular voted and Electoral College votes in the election of 1824?
Andrew Jackson
Is it true that a candidate can get more popular votes overall yet lose the election for president?
Yes but it is unusual and has happened only four times in the history of the US, in 1824, 1876,1888 and 2000.
