National Election Statistics

Presidential Election of 1824

Results of the presidential election of 1824, won by John Quincy Adams with 84 electoral votes.

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John Quincy Adams's Cabinet

President: John Quincy Adams (1825-1829)

Vice President: John C. Calhoun (1825-1829)

Secretary of State: Henry Clay (1825-1829)

Secretary of the Treasury: Richard Rush (1825-1829)

Secretary of War: James Barbour (1825-1828), Peter Buell Porter (1828-1829)

Attorney General: William Wirt (1825-1829)

Electoral Vote Totals

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1824 National Election

99
Andrew Jackson (Democratic-Republican)
84
John Quincy Adams (Democratic-Republican)
132 to win
151,271 votes (41.3%)
Running Mate: John C. Calhoun
113,122 votes (30.9%)
Running Mate: John C. Calhoun

Only presidential election where the person receiving the most electoral votes did not win; also only election (since passage of 12th Amendment) where election decided by House of Representatives. One of only 5 elections (18241876188820002016) where the popular vote winner was defeated.

State Electoral Votes

Alabama

5

Alaska

Arizona

Arkansas

California

Colorado

Connecticut

8

Delaware

3

District of Columbia

Florida

Georgia

9

Hawaii

Idaho

Illinois

3

Indiana

5

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

14

Louisiana

5

Maine

9

Maryland

11

Massachusetts

15

Michigan

Minnesota

Mississippi

3

Missouri

3

Montana

Nebraska

Nevada

New Hampshire

8

New Jersey

8

New Mexico

New York

36

North Carolina

15

North Dakota

Ohio

16

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

28

Rhode Island

4

South Carolina

11

South Dakota

Tennessee

11

Texas

Utah

Vermont

7

Virginia

24

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming