What were Adams’s sentiments toward Clay? Letcher was obviously Wyer’s source: He had reached out, friend to friend. Winning the White HouseAndrew Jackson may have lost the election of 1824 ...

The election of 1824 was contested by four candidates, John Quincy Adams, Henry Clay, William Crawford, and Andrew Jackson, none of whom won the majority. The election was decided by a vote in the ...

In the United States, the person elected president is not always the candidate that received the most total votes in an ...

Decision Day has become divisive but in Dr. Sarah Purcell’s history class at Grinnell College students learn it is hardly ...

A constitutional amendment more than two centuries old determines the choice of winner in case of a draw View on euronews ...

Chances of a tie between Trump and Harris, such as happened 224 years ago, boosts the importance of congressional coattails.

Campaign Jackson was nominated for presidency in 1824, but lost to John Quincy Adams when the election came down to the vote of speaker of the House, Henry Clay. Clay’s decision to support John Quincy ...

What if neither Kamala Harris nor Donald Trump secures the crucial 270 electoral votes needed to win, setting up a rare ...

Four distinguished Americans sought the presidency in 1824: two cabinet members ... of Americans who voted for him, but Clay was politically aligned with Adams. Facilitating Adams’s election ...

It's a rare phenomenon to win the presidency but not the popular vote. But it has happened twice in the past seven elections.

Voters across 50 states in the US are casting ballots to choose the 47th president of the country in an election that has ...

The 12th Amendment was last put into action in 1824. This time, four candidates — Andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adams, Henry Clay and William Crawford — split the electoral votes. Jackson led ...