THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
JAMES MADISON AFTER THE WAR OF 1812 THE ERA OF GOOD FEELINGS
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Who became president in the election of 1824?
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John Quincy Adams
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Henry Clay
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John C. Calhoun
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Andrew Jackson
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -On February 9, 1825, John Quincy Adams was elected as president without getting the majority of the electoral vote or the popular vote, being the only president to do so. Presidential election results map.
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: -John Quincy Adams signed the Treaty of Ghent and played a leading part in the U.S. acquisition of Florida and establishing the northern boundary of the United States.
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