MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
PRESIDENT JOHN ADAMS FROM ALIEN AND SEDITION ACTS TO XYZ AFFAIR
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No candidate got a majority of electoral votes
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No candidate got a plurality of electoral votes
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The President and VP got the same number of votes
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Aaron Burr shot Alexander Hamilton
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -On the date, the House of Representatives elected Secretary of State John Quincy Adams as President. Following an inconclusive Electoral College result, the House performed the constitutionally prescribed role of deciding the 1824 presidential election.
Detailed explanation-3: -Andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adams, Henry Clay and William Crawford were the primary contenders for the presidency. The result of the election was inconclusive, as no candidate won a majority of the electoral vote. In the election for vice president, John C. Calhoun was elected with a comfortable majority of the vote.