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Why did the house of representatives select the president in 1824?
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∙ 11y ago
None of the candidates received votes from more than half of the electors, as required by the Constitution.
The Constitution has instructions for how the House of Representatives elects the President whenever that happens.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 7y agoIn 1824, no one won a majority of the electoral vote. In such an event, according to the US Constitution, the House of Representatives elects the presidents from among the top three in electoral vote. The election is held in a special way -- each state's delegates cast one vote for the state.
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∙ 12y agothe presidential election was a tie of exactly half of the electoral votes.
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∙ 8y agoUnder the terms of the twelfth amendment to the constitution, when no candidate receives a majority of electoral votes house of Representatives selects the president.
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∙ 10y agoThomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr ended up tied for first place in the electoral college voting.
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Who decided the election of 1824?
The US House of Representatives settled the 1824 election and chose the president in early 1825.
In 1824 john Quincy Adams was elected president by whom?
the house of representatives
Why did the house representatives select the president in the 1824 presidential election?
In 1824, no one won a majority of the electoral vote. In such an event, according to the US Constitution, the House of Representatives elects the presidents from among the top three in electoral vote. The election is held in a special way -- each state's delegates cast one vote for the state.
Andrew Jackson was the Speaker of the House of Representatives who ran for President in 1824?
No. Jackson was never Speaker of the House- he served only was one year and not influential as a Congressman. He did run for president in 1824 and was close to being elected.
Why did the house representatives have to choose the president in 1824?
Nobody received more than half of the electoral votes.
Has the house of representatives chosen the president in the 20th century?
No, despite the fact that many historians believe that the framers of the Constitution intended or expected the President to be chosen by the House of Representatives most of the time, it hasn't happened since 1824.
Why was the sixth president chosen by the house of representatives?
Nobody received votes for President from more than half of the appointed electors. Whenever that happens, the House of Representatives elects the President. That happened only once so far, in 1824, but the same rules are still in place.
Who selected the president in the 1824 election?
When nobody receives a majority of the votes of the electoral college, the House of Representatives elects the President, with each state casting one vote. So although Andrew Jackson had more popular votes and more electoral votes, since nobody had the 131-vote minimum, the election went to the House. Seven states voted for Jackson, but thirteen voted for John Quincy Adams (and three voted for William H. Crawford).
If the candidate for president has no majority of the electoral votes the president is elected by?
The House of Representatives. The three candidates who receive the most electoral votes are submitted to the House. Each state gets one vote (i.e. California has many more representatives than Alaska, but both states only get one vote). This happened once, in 1824 between John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson, and William Harris Crawford, with Adams winning in what some have called "The Corrupt Bargain."
What body chose the president in 1824 after no candidate received an electoral majority?
The House of Representatives elected the president. The 12th Amendment to the Constitution (1803) requires the House to "immediately" elect a president in the event no candidate gets an electoral majority. There were 4 candidates in the 1824 election and none received a majority of electoral votes, requiring the House to make the decision as to who would be President of the US.
Who elects the president if no candidate wins a majority if electoral votes?
In this event the newly elected House of Representatives elects the president via a special procedure in which every state delegation gets one vote. Only twice has there been an election where a candidate did not win a majority of the electoral votes , in 1800 and 1824. The 12th amendment was added to prevent what happened in 1800 from happening again.
Did the house of representatives ever have to decide a presidential election?
1800 & 1824
