The House VoteHeld in the United States National Archives, the tally sheet from the election of 1824 reveals the breakout of the votes that put John Quincy Adams in the White House and kept Andrew ...

The election of 1824 was contested by four candidates, John Quincy Adams, Henry Clay, William Crawford, and Andrew Jackson, none of whom won the majority. The election was decided by a vote in the ...

In the four-way election of 1824, stodgy New Englander John Quincy ... On February 21, 1848, John Quincy Adams suffered a fatal stroke in the House chamber. He died two days later.

Jackson both won the popular vote and got the most votes in the electoral college, but lost the election anyway.

What got Americans so fired up? For one thing, many voters felt John Quincy Adams should never have been president in the first place. During the election of 1824, Jackson had won the popular vote ...

When the US Constitution was written in 1787, the Electoral College was created to pick the US president using a majority ...

In 1794, when he was 26-years-old, President George Washington appointed him as the U.S. Minister to the Netherlands. Years ...

Political operatives like to say they only work when you are behind, ahead or even – in other words, all the time. Voters ...

After losing to John Quincy Adams in the confused, 4-candidate 1824 presidential election, Jackson ran again four years later, enlisting local support like no candidate ever had. His staff maintained ...

In the 1800 election, Thomas ]Jefferson’s ... Soon after the disputed 1824 balloting that ushered John Quincy Adams into the White House instead of the popular vote winner Andrew Jackson ...

Five U.S. presidents, including two since 2000, have won the White House despite losing the popular vote. A plan to ensure ...

John Quincy Adams, 78, passed away August 16, 2024. He was born in Tyler, TX on July 31, 1946, to Max and Fannie-Bell (Cox) Adams. Services will be held at Jackson’s Burks Walker-Tippit.