Answer the following question after exploring the below linked web-sites: Why did Jackson lose the election of 1824 but win the election of 1828? 5 extra points on the Jackson test go to the writer of the best answer. Responses are due by Nov. 9th.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Election_of_1828
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Election_of_1824
http://history1800s.about.com/od/leaders/a/electionof1824.htm
http://www.uselectionatlas.org/USPRESIDENT/GENERAL/pe1824.html
http://history1800s.about.com/od/leaders/a/electionof1828.htm
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In both the election of 1824 and 1828, Jackson was the most popular candidate. Unfortunetly, this did not mean the election was automatically his. Several other factors came into play, especially during the election of 1824. The first was the number of people running. In 1824,there were four major party candidates that split the vote, allowing the presidential election to enter the House of Representatives. Clay, who hated Adam's Jackson, especially because of his "adventures" in Florida, and threw his support as Speaker of the House to Adams. In return, Adam's apointed him as secretary of state, the position that had the most likely chance of succeding the president. This caused public indignation that aided Jefferson in the later campaign, and was knownas the corrupt bargain. The increased public approval from this and the fact that he only had one opponent in the election of 1828 allowed Jefferson to easily win the electoral and popular votes by a large margin.
Well of course the main reason for Jackson losing the election of 1824 was because the house of representatives decided the outcome of the election. The rules state that a candadite must win at least fifty percent of the votes to win presidency and Jackson won only thirty eight percent of the votes. Adams came close to Jackson with thirty two votes, of the electoral college. Henry Clay wanted to become president and knew that this was not going to be the year for him, thus the corrupt bargain was born. Clay threw whatever support and influence he had behind Adams because he hated Jackson for his ventures in Florida. Adams being the strategic person he was promised to make Clay secretary of state. Clay knew getting that position would make him more of a forerunner in the next election for presidency. The reason for this was because each president before had been secretary of state and won in the elections. Hearing about the corrupt bargain angered the already hot tempered Jackson so he resigned from senate and worked to win the next election of 1828. When four years passed Andrew Jackson was again running for presidency and so was John Quincy Adams. For both sides this election was played dirty and yet Andrew Jackson still won. His appeal to the common folk proved him well to the end. A fair amount set the candadite apart, Jackson winning both popular vote (56%) and electoral votes (68%).
Jackson lost the election of 1824 because he lost the vote when the election went to the House of Representatives. For the election of 1824 there were four men competing for the presidency, Andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adams, William H. Crawford, and Henry Clay. This large number of candidates resulted in none of the candidates winning the majority percent in the popular vote. Even thought Jackson won the largest percent of popular votes and electoral votes he did not earn the fiftey percent needed to win the presidency, he only won 41.3 percent. This meant that the election went to the House of Representatives. This was the first time since the 12th Amendment was passed, that the election went to the House. One of the presidental candidates, Henrey Clay was the Speaker of the House of Representatives at the time. Henrey Clay despised Jackson, especially after Jackson won the Western votes they were fighting for during the election. Henrey Clay decided to team up with the second most popular candidate John Quincy Adams. Clay convinced the House of Representatives to elect John Quincy Adams. Adams in return appointed Clay as his Secretary of State, a position that most of the previous presidents had filled. Jackson and his supporters called this deal the corrupt bargin. During the next election, the election of 1828 Jackson once again one the majority of popular votes and this time he also won over half of the electoral votes. Jackson appealed to the public and became the next president.
Andrew Jackson won the election of 1828 because the election was by the people, of the people, and for the people. In the election of 1824 roughly 350,000 people participated in the electoral process, compared to the 1.15 million citizens that voted in the 1828 election.
The four-way split of the vote in 1824 caused the election to move into the house of representatives which, at the time, decidedly did not represent the voice of the people. John Clay, acting as speaker of the house, convinced enough members of the house to elect John Quincy Adams as president of the United States.
Between 1820 and 1830, the population of white males in the united states increased by almost 3 million people. Due to the New Naturalization laws, enacted by Thomas Jefferson, many of the immigrants included in the population total were able to vote.
The election of 1828 was decided by the people. The working man could relate to Andrew Jackson, the rough and tumble frontier boy who rose above the masses. Immigrants could relate to him as well, living proof that life could be better in America.
Despite the slew of slander put out against Jackson, his mother was a whore and he was and adulterer, the people hated Adams and his corrupt bargain enough that Jackson won the election of 1828 by 14 states, and half of New York, Maine, and Maryland, to Adams' 6 states and the rest of the halves.
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The election of 1828 was won by Andrew Jackson because the winner of this election, as opposed to the election of 1824, was not decided by the house of representatives, but by the people. Jackson easily won the election of 1828 by simply securing the vote of the common people. Another factor that made it easier for Jackson to win, was the fact that he had no other major opponents besides John Quincy Adams. Henry Clay's vote for John Quincy Adams to be elected President was the deciding factor in the election of 1824. Henry Clay's persuasion of people to vote for John Quincy Adams, gained Adams the position of president in 1824.
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The election of 1824 was lost by Jackson due to the decision being up to the House of Representatives. Because there were four candidates running for present, the popular vote was spilt, meaning none of them won the majority in the popular vote. Although Jackson was the most popular candidate with 41.3 percent, 50 percent was needed to win. This is what brought the decision to the House. One of the other candidates running against Jackson at the time was Henry Clay, the Speaker of the House. Clay despised Jackson, and decided to team up with Adams, the second most popular candidate. Clay convinced the House of Representatives to elect Adams, for in return Adams promised to appoint Clay as his Secretary of State. This came to be known as the Corrupt Bargain. Never the less, in the election of 1828, Jackson again won the popular vote. However, this time meaning he also won the majority vote, not the mention half of the electoral votes, thus electing him President.
The Election of 1824 was lost by Jackson mainly due to the many people running. This sent the election into the house where the "corrupt bargain" ultimatly defeated Jackson. With there being no candidate gettin the necessary number of electoral votes the election went into the house. Before it went into the house Jackson had won both the elector and popular vote. Unfourtionatly for him the third place man, Clay dispised him and shifted his votes towards Adams who ultimatly became President. Adams had Clay become his Secretary of State which during that time period was the fast track to becoming the president. This deal was considered the corrupt bargain. Jackson was furiouse and instantly after being defeated began bulding a campain for 1828.
Jackson won the Election of 1828 due to the political campaign he ran the minute after his defeat as well as the increase in voting sufferage statewide. Instantly after losing the 1828 election Jackson attacked Adams and his constituants. He brought mudslinging into elections for one of the first time in American History. Adams retaliated, one attack focused on Jacksons wife and it was to the extent where she eventually died and Jackson took revenge on the men who caused the accusations. Luckily for Jackson his retaliation was after being elected. Jackson was a man that the American people could relate to, with the new sufferage rights granted to many men this election was a better represtentation of the will of the people. The American people could better relate to Jackson than Adams. Adams carried the states that his father did, Jackson took the rest. Adams was a man that could write and Jackson was one that could fight. The American people chose the one that could fight.
In the election of 1824 four men had successfully run for president, Andrew Jackson, John Quincey Adams, William Crawford and Henry Clay. Although Jackson won the popular vote, the electoral votes were tied and had to go to the House of Representatives. Since the top three went to the house, Henry Clay was out of the running and decided that he hated Jackson more than Adams and was focused on gaining more political power, this deal of Clay swinging his votes to Adams was called the "corrupt bargain". John Quincy Adams became president and gave Clay the position of secretary of state which was the stepping stone to becoming president at the time. Andrew Jackson lost the election of 1824 because of the "corrupt bargain" of Henry Clay giving his votes to Adams. After JQA won, Jackson immediately began compaining for the next election. The road to the white house of 1828 was a brutal one with some of ther worst political snipes in history. Adams spread the information about his wife Rachel and that she was a bigamist which was another word for a whore, at the time. Jackson returned with the information of Adams spending away government funds as president. Jackson's main point was that he was one of the "common folk" and appealed to everyday people. Campaigning hard, Jackson was able to win not only one region but a large portion of the country. Jackson won the election of 1828 because he was able to appeal to a large portion of the country, not just one region, as an everday man.
In both the 1824 and the 1828 elections Andrew Jackson won the popular vote. The common people liked Jackson because they were able to relate to the wild frontiers man who was for the people. During the election of 1824 Jacksons rivals for the presidency were John Quincy Adams, Henry Clay, and William H. Crawford. Jackson won the popular vote but he did not win the majority of the electoral vote. Jackson and Adams were the two top runners so the decision of the presidency would lie with the house of representitives. The speaker of the house ironically was the man who came in last with electoral votes, Henry Clay. Clay and Jackson both bitterly resented the other and due to Clay's powerful position he was able to decide the next president and he chose Adams.
Because of Jackson's bitter loss he immediately began campaining by doing whatever possible to make Adams look bad. When the election of 1828 came around both candidates resorted to dirty tricks and mudslinging whose nasty lies actually resulted in the death of Jacksons wife Rachel for which he never forgave them (He would later kill two men responsible for the slander). When the votes were in Jackson was the clear winner. The reasons for this were that the country was tired of "the corrupt atristocrat" and wanted Jackson to fix the issues that Adams had "caused".
Jackson lost the Election of 1824 because of the number of candidates running for the presidency. Not one candidate was able to receive more than 50% of the popular or electoral votes. Jackson had the most votes in both popular and electoral votes, but it wasn't that easy to win. The top three candidates went into the House to decide the president. Henry Clay thought for sure that he was in the top 3 of the candidates and would win in the House. This is where the "corrupt bargain" came to life. Clay's hatred toward Jackson was so strong that he gave his votes to the second man, John Q. Adams. In return, Adams elected Clay Sec. of State.
Jackson win in 1828 was decided by the people. The large population of farmers and average citizens could relate to Jackson and his ideas. The rise in population showed that the majority of the people actually wanted Jackson to lead them. Unlike the last election where only about 30% of the people wanted Adams. Jackson started campaining again after he lost. He knew what the American people wanted and that's what he concentrated on.
Jackson won the election of 1824 but not the election of 1828 because of the fact that in 1828, the people were the one's who selected the president. In 1824 the House was the one who elected the president. 1824 had only 365,000 people who voted, as opposed to the 1.15 million people in 1828. The reason that there were do many people in 1828 was because all states but Rhode Island, every white man was allowed to vote regardless of land ownership and other key factors. Another large problem that divided people was that in 1824, four fairly well-known people were running for the presidency. Even though there were four runners, and two that were not forerunners, those latter two in the pulls would still,and did, pull some of the popular vote from Jackson and Adams. This also made him the winner in the number of electoral votes with 99 to 84. Despite the fact that Jackson won the popular vote, he did not win the crucial votes with the house. He ended up with seven votes where as Adams ended up with thirteen. Things did end up in Jackson's favor though since he won the 1828 election.
In 1824, Adams did not win because he was more popular; Adams won because he had some help from the House of Representatives. Jackson was by far the most popular candidate. Another candidate was Henry Clay, although he wasn't even close to being as popular as Jackson. Knowing this, he dropped out of the race and gave his support to Adams. Clay was in a very powerful position. As Speaker of the House, he could sway the House the way he wanted to, therefore he swayed the House away from Jackson to Adams. Thus, Adams won the election of 1824.
After the unfair loss to Adams, Jackson was even more fired up to win the next election. The next president was not going to be chosen by the House of Representatives in 1828, but instead by the people. He began running the day after he lost to Adams. He was not going to go down without a fight. Although Adams hit below the belt, like calling his wife a whore, Jackson still won the election by a landslide. He was once again the most popular candidate because he appealed to everyone, common people, immigrants, etc. Even though Jackson lost in 1824, it was corrupt and unfair. He technically should've won, but since he didn't, he was able to appeal to more people by spreading his ideas.
In the 1824 presidential election had four people running in the beginning, Jackson, Crawford, Quincy and Henry Clay, but in none of the candidates had gotten any significant amount of votes amongst the others. Because of this the choice was left to the House of Rep.’s or mainly Henry Clay, who was left out of the presidential election but just happened to be the speaker of the house. Clays despised Jackson and his views were identical to Adam’s. In the end Adam won and Clay became VP, People called this the “corrupt bargain.”
Jackson won in the next election because the people’s ideology had gone more towards sectionalism and farther from nationalism. Individuals were less inclined to help the country than to help their state or town. Jackson was also for the people, he had grown up with the average person and not into aristocracy, ignoring that he own land and slaves with the best of them. But, then Jackson was a war hero and could be trusted more than the elitist.
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The elections of 1824 and 1828 were some o f the most interesting in the history of the United States. Part of the reason that the election of 1824 was so different was because of the fact that a third party candidate was a huge player and no candidate got more than 50% of the votes. It was because of this that Jackson was on the receiving end of the corrupt bargain. What happened was that although Jackson had the largest percentage of the votes, thus making him the most popular candidate, but when the voting entered the third stage in the house, Clay gave his votes to Adams therefore making Adams the winner. Jackson referred to this as the “Corrupt Bargain” because he felt that he deserved to win the election. Adams rewarded Clay for his support with the position of Secretary of State under the theory of Nepotism.
In the election of 1828 Jackson was once again the most popular candidate, and also with increased suffrage to new groups of voters and only one major opponent Jackson won and became the president of the U.S. This was partially due to the public view of the last election and their anger at the “Corrupt Bargain” conceived by Adams.
In 1824 Jackson won the popular vote for president against 3 other big political candidates. No candidate won the required number of electoral votes in the election, so the election went to the House. Henry Clay, then speaker of the House and the presidential candidate with the least amount of electoral votes, decided to back John Quincy Adams because he despised Andrew Jackson and under Adams he would be the Secretary of State, a position at the time that tended to lead to the presidency. Even though he should have lost the election, Adams became the president.
After his defeat in 1824, Jackson immediately began campaigning for the next election. He became the voice of the people and won the hearts of the west, a great achievement. He also still held his seat in congress, and made sure that the major problems that were happening in the country at the time were to be blamed of Adams, even though Jackson came up with some of the trouble himself. By the time that 1828 rolled around, the country was fed up with Adams, and they loved Jackson. During the election of 128, the amount of voters in the election more than doubled, proving that people wanted change, and Jackson was the face of that change, the new voice of the people. This is why he won 1828 and lost 1824.
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