United States presidential election, 1824

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← 1820 October 26 – December 2, 1824 1828 →
← 1820
All 261 electoral votes of the Electoral College 131 electoral votes needed to win
Turnout
Nominee John Q. Adams Andrew Jackson Party Democratic-Republican Democratic-Republican Home state Massachusetts Tennessee Running mate John C. Calhoun John C. Calhoun Electoral vote 84 99 States carried 7 (in EC) 13 (in HR) 11 (in EC) 7 (in HR) Popular vote 113,122[a] 151,271[a] Percentage 30.9% 41.4%  Nominee William H. Crawford Henry Clay Party Democratic-Republican Democratic-Republican Home state Georgia Kentucky Running mate Nathaniel Macon (replacing Albert Gallatin) Nathan Sanford Electoral vote 41 37 States carried 3 (in EC) 4 (in HR) 3 (in EC) Popular vote 40,856[a] 47,531[a] Percentage 11.2% 13.0%
Nominee
Party
Home state
Running mate
Electoral vote
States carried
Popular vote
Percentage
Nominee
Party
Home state
Running mate
Electoral vote
States carried
Popular vote
Percentage
Presidential election results map. Blue denotes states won by Jackson, orange denotes those won by Crawford, green denotes those won by Adams, light yellow denotes those won by Clay. Numbers indicate the number of electoral votes allotted to each state.
President before election James Monroe Democratic-Republican Elected President John Quincy Adams Democratic-Republican
President before election James Monroe Democratic-Republican

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← 1820 October 26 – December 2, 1824 1828 →  
October 26 – December 2, 1824 1828 → 
All 261 electoral votes of the Electoral College 131 electoral votes needed to win  
26.9%[1] 16.8 pp  
Nominee John Q. Adams Andrew Jackson Party Democratic-Republican Democratic-Republican Home state Massachusetts Tennessee Running mate John C. Calhoun John C. Calhoun Electoral vote 84 99 States carried 7 (in EC) 13 (in HR) 11 (in EC) 7 (in HR) Popular vote 113,122[a] 151,271[a] Percentage 30.9% 41.4%  Nominee William H. Crawford Henry Clay Party Democratic-Republican Democratic-Republican Home state Georgia Kentucky Running mate Nathaniel Macon (replacing Albert Gallatin) Nathan Sanford Electoral vote 41 37 States carried 3 (in EC) 4 (in HR) 3 (in EC) Popular vote 40,856[a] 47,531[a] Percentage 11.2% 13.0%  
  
John Q. Adams Andrew Jackson 
Democratic-Republican Democratic-Republican 
Massachusetts Tennessee 
John C. Calhoun John C. Calhoun 
84 99 
7 (in EC) 13 (in HR) 11 (in EC) 7 (in HR) 
113,122[a] 151,271[a] 
30.9% 41.4% 
  
  
William H. Crawford Henry Clay 
Democratic-Republican Democratic-Republican 
Georgia Kentucky 
Nathaniel Macon (replacing Albert Gallatin) Nathan Sanford 
41 37 
3 (in EC) 4 (in HR) 3 (in EC) 
40,856[a] 47,531[a] 
11.2% 13.0% 
Presidential election results map. Blue denotes states won by Jackson, orange denotes those won by Crawford, green denotes those won by Adams, light yellow denotes those won by Clay. Numbers indicate the number of electoral votes allotted to each state.  
President before election James Monroe Democratic-Republican Elected President John Quincy Adams Democratic-Republican  
Elected President John Quincy Adams Democratic-Republican  

Questions about this table:
originalText: who received the most (but not a majority of) electoral votes in 1824
answer: answerTexts: Andrew Jackson
alternativeAnswers: answerTexts: Andrew Jackson
answerTexts: Andrew Jackson
answerTexts: Andrew Jackson