On this day in 1824, for the first and last time in U.S. history, the presidential election was thrown into the House when none of the four candidates for the White House succeeded in gaining a ...

Previously, candidates did not personally engage in planning their canvassing; it was done by their political party. The four 1824 nominees relied on their personal followers to organize their ...

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 ...

At the time, a candidate needed 131 electoral votes — slightly more than half of the total Electoral College votes, which was 261. It wasn’t until Dec. 1, 1824 that the results were announced.

The campaign of 1824 and its aftermath is featured along with the elections of 1860, 1948, 1960, 1988 and 1992. ... America has never seen a presidential candidate like this before.

The 10th quadrennial presidential election in 1824 was a political watershed — previous precepts were abandoned and new dictums were established. It was a crucial contest that “beneath the ...