The Role Of Jackson In The Election Of 1824 And 1828

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There were new methods of campaigning that were introduced by Adams and Jackson in the Elections of 1824 and 1828. For the Election of 1824 they was 3 people running for president, they were Henry Clay of Kentucky, Andrew Jackson of Tennessee, and John Quincy Adams of Massachusetts. Jackson won 99 electoral votes, giving him a plurality, or largest single share. But according to 10-1 in paragraph 2, sentence 4, it states,"Under the Twelfth Amendment, when no candidate gets a majority of electoral votes, the House of Representatives selects the president. " During the House prepared to vote, Clay and Adams made an agreement that Clay would use his influence as Speaker of the House to defeat Jackson. That happened and Adams was president of

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