The Election Of 1828: Andrew Jackson vs. John Quincy Adams
Intro: Hello and welcome back to the presidential election articles as I will be talking about the election of 1828 and it's one of the nastiest elections in U.S. history as Andrew Jackson is looking to get some revenge against the incumbent president, John Quincy Adams...Let's get into it. Controversial Finish As mentioned in the previous article, the election of 1824 was thrown into the House of Representatives after neither of the four candidates: Andrew Jackson, William Crawford, Henry Clay and John Quincy Adams were able to get enough of the electoral votes needed to win. Upon the decision by the House of Representatives in 1825, it was announced that John Quincy Adams would become the new president of the United States of America, despite the fact Andrew Jackson had most electoral and popular vote than any of the three candidates. It was later believed by many that a "Corrupt Bargain" was reached between Clay and Adams as the former could make the case as to w...