Trump allies insisted he respects judicial orders that his predecessors have often ignored them. From Jefferson to Nixon, ...

When he was defeated, he set the precedent for the peaceful transfer of power to another political party. His son, John Quincy Adams, was sworn in as president on March 4, 1825.

His victory in the bitter election of 1824 led to a presidency uniformly considered a failure. The historian Allan Nevins, raised on a farm near Camp Point, in his edition of John Quincy’s Diary ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Presidential Election of 1824 There were four candidates – Andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adams, William Crawford and Henry Clay – on the presidential ballot and all were in the Democratic ...

We are studying the most-contested U.S. presidential elections: 1800, 1824, 1860, 1876, 2000 and 2020. Candidates failed to win a majority of electoral votes in 1800 and 1824.

The election was decided by the House of Representatives, which chose John Quincy Adams. This election is notable for the "Corrupt Bargain" accusation, where Adams allegedly struck a deal with ...

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.

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.