Before the election of 1824, the United States was at the tail end of the so-called Era of Good Feelings, a time when political partisanship was low and one party, the Democratic-Republicans ...
Just under a quarter of a century later, the lower chamber also decided the outcome of the 1824 election, John Quincy Adams defeating Andrew Jackson. On this occasion, however, a contingent ...
This has only happened once before. In the 1824 presidential election, Andrew Jackson won the most popular vote and led the pack in electoral votes. But because it was a competitive race among ...