In 1824, America saw its first ‘legendary’ election. With four, very worthy presidential candidates, including John Q. Adams, Andrew Jackson, William H. Crawford, and Henry Clay. Though it may have been the first ‘legendary’ election, it may have also been the first unjust and corrupt election. This election was a very tight one, John Quincy Adams received 84 electoral votes, whilst Jackson received 99. The reason why many Jacksonians saw this election as rotten was because, although Jackson received 43% of popular votes vs 30% for Adams, and receiving more electoral votes than all other candidates, he still did not manage to enter the White House as the sixth president. John Q. Adams made it into office because the House of Representatives
