Election of 1824
- Monroe did not run for a 3rd term
- 4 Democratic Republicans ran for President
o John Quincy Adams (Massachusetts)
o William Crawford (Georgia)
o Andrew Jackson (Tennessee)
o Henry Clay (Kentucky)
Jackson won popular vote…but not high enough majority in Electoral College
House of Representatives elected John Quincy Adams after Henry Clay gave his support to Adams
o Adams made Clay his Secretary of State which was questioned
Jackson continued to question Adams throughout his Presidency
- believed his program was “aristocratic and favored wealthy”
- the common man was left out
Jackson also accused John Quincy Adams of a corrupt bargain with Henry Clay in order to win the election.
- the accusation of the corrupt bargain followed Henry Clay throughout the rest of his political career
- There is no concrete evidence of collusion but the suspicion was well known
Closed door caucuses were being replaced by more public conventions to determine candidate support