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The electoral college at the time was small compared to today's. The number of electoral votes needed for any running candidate to win was 131 votes. Andrew Jackson won both the Popular vote and the Electoral Vote. But, due to the amount of candidates Jackson only gained 99 electoral votes. Therefore the decisions was taken on by the U.S. House of Representatives. Due to the twelfth amendment onlay the top three candidates were taken to the House's election therefore eliminating Henry Clay. This left William Crawford, John Q. Adams, and Andrew Jackson. This is where the term the "Corrupt Bargain of 1824" sets in. Henry Clay happened to be the Speaker of the House at the time. Clay detested Jackson and Adams made a deal with Clay to convince more Reps. to vote for Adams. Adams offered Clay the job of Secretary of State so that way if Adams were to die in office, Clay would get his dream of being president. This made Jackson mad after he lost the house vote due to Clay swaying the House to vote for Adam's.
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∙ 13y ago1. Four candidates ran (instead of two)
2. Jackson won the most popular votes and the most electoral votes yet didn't garner enough votes to actually win
3. The election was sent into the House of Representatives for a final decision
4. William Crawford of Georgia suffered a stroke that virtually disqualified him for the presidency
5. Henry Clay suddenly shifted his support to Adams after a late-night visit to Adams' home in Massachusetts
6. Adams wins in the House by ONE vote and Jackson smells a rat
7. Clay is suddenly appointed Adams Secretary of State and the Jackson people label this agreement a "corrupt bargain"
Jackson was the first western candidate, the first to have little education (or money), and one of the first not to have been around during the revolution. The tradition of highly educated and prosperous elites from Virginia and Massachusetts running the government was being seriously challenged for the first time by what seemed to many a radical new vision for America. While many cheered Jackson as a common man, others feared him as one of the ignorant drunken rabble
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Why was election of 1824 important?
It was the most controversial election in American History, later quoted by Washington, "the Corrupt Bargain."
Who won the election in 1824?
John Q. Adams
Who won the election of 1824?
John Quincy Adams eventually won the 1824 election, but Jackson won the popular vote. The election was actually decided in 1825 by the House of Representatives because nobody got a majority of the electoral votes.
What president brought the most controversial and compilcated election in American history in 1824?
andrew jackson
Who won the election 1824?
John Quincy Adams eventually won the 1824 election, but Jackson won the popular vote. The election was actually decided in 1825 by the House of Representatives because nobody got a majority of the electoral votes.
Who won the 1824 US presidential election?
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.
Who decided John Quincy Adams had won the election of 1824?
Motivation
Who decide that John Quincy Adams won the election of 1824?
Motivation
Who won the election of 1824 and how was the winner determined?
John Quincy Adams
The candidate who won the 1824 Presidential election was?
John Quincy Adams -tyjo17
Why didnt Jackson win the election in 1824?
he never won the eklection in 1824 because the united states said that he hates the Indians
In the 1824 election won by popular vote John Quincy Adams was elected?
Andrew Jackson
