When Has the House of Representatives Chosen the President
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The House of Representatives Elected John Quincy Adams as President
February 09, 1825
Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives
About this object John Quincy Adams, the only former President to exist elected to the House of Representatives, earned the nickname "Former Homo Eloquent."
On the date, the House of Representatives elected Secretary of State John Quincy Adams every bit President. Following an inconclusive Electoral College result, the House performed the constitutionally prescribed role of deciding the 1824 presidential election. Andrew Jackson of Tennessee had won the popular vote and commanded 99 electoral votes. He was followed in the electoral tally by Adams (84), Treasury Secretary William Crawford (41), and Speaker of the House Henry Dirt (37). Speaker Clay was excluded from the House vote because he did not finish in the top iii. The wily Kentuckian, however, still played a decisive role past supporting Adams, whom he knew to share his nationalist agenda. On the appointed solar day, each land delegation got one vote. On the showtime ballot 13 state delegations—a majority—chose Adams as President. Jackson received 7 votes; Crawford got four. Later, President Adams nominated Clay as his Secretarial assistant of State, reigniting rumors that a deal had been struck before the vote. Convinced that the election had been stolen from him, Jackson stormed, "the Judas of the W has airtight the contract and will receive the 30 pieces of silvery . . . Was there always witnessed such a blank faced corruption in any country before?"
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- Adams, John Quincy
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- Clay, Henry
- Jackson, Andrew
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Source: https://history.house.gov/Historical-Highlights/1800-1850/The-House-of-Representatives-elected-John-Quincy-Adams-as-President/
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