Contentious elections are nothing new. In 1824, drama rippled throughout young America as President John Quincy Adams was confirmed to President by a vote from the U.S. House of Representatives ...

When No Candidate Won the 1824 Presidential Election, the House of Representatives Was Given the Rare Task of Deciding the Victor A “corrupt bargain” that delivered John Quincy Adams the ...

The theme for this year’s parade is wrapped around the presidential race of 1824, which was ultimately won by John Quincy Adams. “We always look back 200 years,” Colvin said.

With the 1824 election approaching, Secretary of State John Quincy Adams probably thought he was President James Monroe’s likely successor. Both James Madison in 1808, and Monroe in 1816, had ...

John Quincy Adams really wanted to be a poet, what was then called a man of letters. ... The presidential election of 1824 was one of the most chaotic and controversial in American history.

If John Quincy Adams had retired after his service in the administration of President James Monroe, ... His victory in the bitter election of 1824 led to a presidency uniformly considered a failure.

The "Corrupt Bargain" refers to the controversial outcome of the 1824 presidential election, ... Andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adams, William Crawford, and Henry Clay.

The group's first parade was in 1975. Each year since, it has looked back at the America of 200 years ago.

The theme for this year’s parade is wrapped around the presidential race of 1824, which was ultimately won by John Quincy Adams. “We always look back 200 years,” Colvin said.