‹ 1820  1828 ›
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| United States presidential election of 1824 | ||||
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| October 26 - December 2, 1824 | ||||
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| Nominee | Andrew Jackson | John Quincy Adams | Henry Clay | |
| Party | Democratic-Republican | Democratic-Republican | Democratic-Republican | |
| Home state | Tennessee | Massachusetts | Kentucky | |
| Running mate | John C. Calhoun | John C. Calhoun | William H. Crawford | |
| Electoral vote | 136 | 89 | 36 | |
| States carried | 13 | 7 | 4 | |
| Popular vote | 186,973 | 116,417 | 45,861 | |
| Percentage | 53% | 33% | 13% | |
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| Dark Cyan represents states carried by Adams, Dark Purple represents states carried by Jackson, Dark Tan represents states carried by Clay | ||||
President before election
James Monroe Democratic-Republican
President-elect
Andrew Jackson Democratic-Republican | ||||
The United States presidential election of 1824 was the tenth quadrennial presidential election, held from Tuesday, October 26, to Thursday, December 2, 1824. John Quincy Adams was originally elected President but was replaced by Andrew Jackson because of a deal he made with Henry Clay that if Adams was elected president he would make Clay his Secretary of State.
Prior to the election, the Democratic-Republican Party had won six consecutive presidential elections. In 1824 the Democratic-Republican Party failed to agree on a choice of candidate for president, with the result that the party effectively ceased to exist and split four ways behind four separate candidates. Later, the faction led by Jackson would evolve into the modern Democratic Party in the 1828 election, while the factions led by Adams and Henry Claywould become the National Republican Party (not related to the current Republican Party) and then the Whig Party.
General election[]
Campaign[]
The previous competition between the Federalist Party and the Democratic-Republican Party collapsed after the War of 1812 due to the disintegration of the Federalists' popular appeal, and U.S. President James Monroe of the Democratic-Republican Party was able to run without opposition in the election of 1820. Like previous presidents who had been elected to two terms, James Monroe declined to seek re-nomination for a third term.
Monroe's vice president, Daniel D. Tompkins, was considered unelectable due to his overwhelming unpopularity and major health problems (Tompkins died in June 1825, a little over three months after he left office). The presidential nomination was thus left wide open within the Democratic-Republican Party, the only major national political entity remaining in the United States.
Candidates[]
Secretary of State John Quincy Adams
Senator Andrew Jackson from Tennessee
