Presidential election is thrown into House: Dec. 1, 1824 President John Quincy Adams ultimately named rival Henry Clay to his Cabinet, earning Andrew Jackson's scorn. By Andrew Glass 11/30 ...

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 ...

On Dec. 1, 1824, the presidential election was turned over to the House of Representatives to break a four-way deadlock between John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson, William Crawford and Henry Clay.

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Andrew Jackson’s outrage over his 1824 defeat by John Quincy Adams shows the havoc that claims of a fixed election can wreak on the winner ...

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.

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.

On this day in 1824 the presidential election was thrown into the House when none of the four ... John Quincy Adams of Massachusetts, the son of former President John Adams and the ...