Campaign Tile, John Quincy Adams, 1824
name: label: associated person
content: Adams, John Quincy
notes: label: Description
content: During the early 19th century campaign tiles such as this one were made from wooden molds and displayed to show support for a candidate. This tile depicts of John Quincy Adams. Adams, son of second president John Adams, who was a candidate in the presidential election of 1824. Though Adams’ strongest opponent, Andrew Jackson, held a slight lead in the popular and electoral votes, he did not hold a decisive majority, and thus the election was thrown to the House of Representatives, who elected Adams out of the three candidates with the most electoral votes, Adams Jackson and William H. Crawford.
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content: Political History: Political History
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content: American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith
label: Exhibition
content: American Democracy
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PL.227739.1824.I02
label: catalog number
content: 227739.1824.I02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Plaque
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ceramic, redware (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 1/4 in x 4 1/2 in; 23.495 cm x 11.43 cm