MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
PRESIDENT JOHN ADAMS FROM ALIEN AND SEDITION ACTS TO XYZ AFFAIR
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Electoral College was used for the first time
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George Washington was elected president
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no one ran for president
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1st election in which the popular vote was actually counted
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Detailed explanation-1: -The presidential election of 1824 represents a watershed in American politics. The collapse of the Federalist Party and the illness of the “official candidate” of the Democratic-Republicans led to a slate of candidates who were all Democratic-Republicans.
Detailed explanation-2: -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.
Detailed explanation-3: -After no candidate received a majority of electoral votes in the 1824 election, John Quincy Adams was elected president by the House of Representatives.
Detailed explanation-4: -What was unusual about John Quincy Adams’s victory in the presidential election of 1824? The Election of 1824 Was Decided in the House of Representatives mostly by Clay. Soon after Adams was elected, Clay became the secretary of state.