Answer: John Quincy Adams was an unpopular president and Andrew Jackson ran a strong campaign.
The 1828 United States presidential election was the 11th quadrennial presidential election. It was held from Friday October 31 to Tuesday December 2 1828. It featured a re-match of the 1824 election as President John Quincy Adams of the National Republican Party faced Andrew Jackson of the Democratic Party.
With the collapse of the Federalist Party four members of the Democratic-Republican Party including Jackson and Adams had sought the presidency in the 1824 election. Jackson had won a plurality (but not majority) of both the electoral vote and popular vote in the 1824 election but had lost the contingent election that was held in the House of Representatives . In the afterm…
With the collapse of the Federalist Party four members of the Democratic-Republican Party including Jackson and Adams had sought the presidency in the 1824 election. Jackson had won a plurality (but not majority) of both the electoral vote and popular vote in the 1824 election but had lost the contingent election that was held in the House of Representatives . In the aftermath of the election Jackson’s supporters accused Adams and Henry Clay of having reached a ” corrupt bargain ” in which Clay helped Adams win the contingent election in return for the position of Secretary of State . After the 1824 election Jackson’s supporters immediately began plans for a re-match in 1828 and the Democratic-Republican Party fractured into the National Republican Party and the Democratic Party during Adams’s presidency . The 1828 campaign was marked by large amounts of ” mudslinging ” as both parties attacked the personal qualities of the opposing party’s candidate. Jackson dominated in the South and the West aided in part by the passage of the Tariff of 1828 . Adams swept New England but won only three other small states. With the ongoing expansion of the right to vote to most white men the election marked a dramatic e…