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 ...

The 1828 election was seen as a rematch between John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson; the latter won, in part, because of the “Corrupt Bargain” election of 1824. Challenges In Congress, “Whigs,” as ...

John Quincy Adams had seen this day coming ... in all their ignorant majesty, had chosen: Andrew Jackson. The morning of Adams' defeat should have been the morning of Jackson's greatest triumph.

Andrew Jackson's tombstone ... She notes that John Quincy Adams' presidential campaigns targeted Jackson's "passion and lack of self-control" in both 1824 and 1828, "making it central to the ...

The Cherokees might even have realized that advantage had it not been for the militia leader they fought under: Andrew Jackson ... after new president John Quincy Adams promised to honor the ...

In the four-way election of 1824, stodgy New Englander John Quincy ... Andrew Jackson, but was chosen as president when the decision went to the House of Representatives. Jackson accused Adams ...