1824 United States presidential election

President of the United States

**October 26 – December 1, 1824
February 9, 1825 (contingent election)**

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## Overview

**Nominee**
**John Quincy Adams**
Andrew Jackson

**Political party**
Democratic-Republican
Democratic-Republican

**State**
Massachusetts
Tennessee

**Running mate**
**John C. Calhoun**
John C. Calhoun

**Electoral vote**
84
**99**

**Delegate vote**
**13**
7

**Popular vote**
113,122
**151,271**

**Percentage**
30.9%
**41.4%**

**Nominee**
William H. Crawford
Henry Clay

**Political party**
Democratic-Republican
Democratic-Republican

**State**
Georgia
Kentucky

**Running mate**
Nathaniel Macon
Nathan Sanford

**Electoral vote**
41
37

**Delegate vote**
4

**Popular vote**
40,856
47,531

**Percentage**
11.2%
13.0%

## Results

Blue denotes states won by Jackson/Calhoun, green denotes states won by Adams/Calhoun, orange denotes states won by Crawford/Macon, and yellow denotes states won by Clay/Sanford

### Elected President

James Monroe
Democratic-Republican
John Quincy Adams
Democratic-Republican

The **1824 United States presidential election** was the tenth quadrennial presidential election. It was held from Tuesday, October 26 to Wednesday, December 1, 1824. Andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adams, Henry Clay and William H. Crawford were the primary contenders for the presidency. The result of the election was inconclusive, as no candidate won a majority of the electoral vote. In the election for vice president, John C. Calhoun was elected with a comfortable majority of the vote. Because none of the candidates for president garnered an electoral vote majority, the United States House of Representatives, under the provisions of the Twelfth Amendment, held a contingent election. On February 9, 1825, John Quincy Adams was elected as president without getting the majority of the electoral vote or the popular vote, being the only president to do so.

## Results

This election marked the final collapse of the Republican-Federalist political framework. The electoral map confirmed the candidates' sectional support, with Adams winning in New England, Jackson having wide voter appeal, Clay attracting votes from the West, and Crawford attracting votes from the eastern South. Jackson earned only a plurality of electoral votes. Thus, the presidential election was decided by the House of Representatives, which elected John Quincy Adams on the first ballot. John C. Calhoun, supported by Adams and Jackson, easily won the vice presidency, not requiring a contingent election in the Senate.

### Contingent election

The United States House of Representatives held a contingent election on February 9, 1825. As prescribed by the Twelfth Amendment, the House was limited to choosing from among the three candidates who received the most electoral votes: Andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adams, and William H. Crawford; Henry Clay, who had finished fourth, was eliminated. Each state delegation had a single vote. There were 24 states at the time, thus an absolute majority of 13 votes was required for victory.

Ignoring the nonbinding directive of the Kentucky General Assembly that its House delegation choose Jackson, the delegation voted 8–4 for Adams instead. Clay used his political influence in the House to motivate House delegations in states where he had won at least a voting plurality to vote for Adams. Thus, Adams was elected president on the first ballot.

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