The Presidential Election of 1824

• Four Presidential Candidates…• No more Federalist Party… it had dissolved

• All four candidates were members of the Democratic-Republican Party• Even though all four presidential candidates were from the same

party, they were supporting different ideas and movements.

• Each of the presidential candidates were pushing the agenda or the beliefs from their geographic sections and their states.

• Two candidates out of the western United States: • Henry Clay of Kentucky• Andrew Jackson of Tennessee

• One candidate out of New England• John Quincy Adams of Massachusetts

• One candidate from the southern United States• William Crawford of Georgia

Election Day Results…

• Andrew Jackson • 99 Electoral Votes• 12 states carried• 151,271 Popular votes• 41.3%

• John Quincy Adams• 84 Electoral Votes• 7 states carried• 113,122 Popular Votes• 30.9%

Election Day Results (cont.)

• William Crawford• 41 Electoral Votes• 2 States Carried• 40,856 Popular Votes• 11.2%

• Henry Clay• 37 Electoral votes• 3 States Carried• 47, 531 Popular Votes• 13.%

• On Election Day, Andrew Jackson won the most popular votes, but none of the four candidates won a majority in the Electoral College…

• A Presidential Candidate needs to win the majority of the 131 electoral college votes (270 in present day)in order to secure the presidency of the United States.

• Jackson did not do this

• Constitutional procedures state that if no candidate wins the majority of the Electoral College, then the House of Representatives must vote in order to name a president.

• Andrew Jackson

• John Quincy Adams

• William Crawford

• John Quincy Adams received 13 votes• Andrew Jackson won 7 votes• William Crawford received 4 votes• John Quincy Adams was elected as the United States’ sixth

president.

John Quincy Adams

• Son of second president John Adams• In office 1825 - 1829 • Lived 1767 - 1848 • Born in Massachusetts • Former Senator• Former Member of the House• Former Secretary of the State• Former ambassador to five countries• Survived a train wreck in 1883• After he was President

• “Hightstown Rail Accident”

• During his campaign, John Q. Adams promised to limit foreign actions and spend some time strengthening or improving the United States internally.

• Adams wanted to…• Build a National University• Astronomical Observatories• Fund scientific research• Improve rivers (success of Erie Canal)• Build better roads

• Congress approved the improvement of roads and rivers, but denied Adams’ requests for national academic improvements.

• Many representatives in Congress felt that a lot of Adams’ requests were very familiar to Federalist Party ideas• His father’s political party

Splits within the Party• The Democratic-Republican party was the only political

party in the country at the time of the Election of 1824

• Lots of internal conflicts and arguments began to emerge• Slavery• Tariffs• ***Sectional Differences

• Those who supported presidential candidate Andrew Jackson and opposed President John Q. Adams became known as the Democratic Party• Southern and Western States

• Those who supported John Q. Adams named their party the National-Republican Party • Ex-Federalists • Northeastern States• Will later evolve into the Whig Party