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.

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.

His son, John Quincy Adams, was sworn in as president on March 4, 1825. The Adams family holds a unique distinction in American history as the first father and son to both serve as president of ...

John Quincy Adams served as President of the United States from 1825 to 1829. Adams, defeated, returned to public life with his election to the House of Representatives in 1830.