The Election Of 1824: William Crawford vs. John Quincy Adams vs. Henry Clay vs. Andrew Jackson
Intro: Hello and welcome back to another presidential election article as I'll be talking about the election of 1824, an election that's got one of the dustiest finishes in U.S. history and it will signal the end of one-party rule in America.... So, with all that said let's get into it. The End of an Era So, James Monroe decides to follow in the footsteps of his predecessors and not seek a third term as president after holding the office of commander and chief for the last eight years; Monroe's presidency basically saw the former Secretary of State and founding father attempting to maintain a level of political unity and harmony within the country and he was quite successful as evidence by his unopposed victory in 1820. The Federalist Party is no more by the election 1824 as the Hartford Convention among other factors has led to the party's demise and so we have the Democratic Republican Party as the only political party within the United States at this time in whi...