DCUSH Unit 4 Elections

1824 Election Candidates

Quincy Adams, Jackson, Clay, and Crawford. all Democratic-Republican Party.

Election of 1824

House of Representatives chooses between the top 3 candidates. The “Corrupt Bargain,” Henry Clay withdraws and throws his support to Quincy Adams. Quincy Adams wins and makes Henry Clay his Secretary of State.

1828 Election Candidates

Republican - John Quincy Adams, Democrat - Andrew Jackson.

Election of 1828

The first “mudslinging” campaign. Adams runs for re-election, but Jacksonians rally together. Jackson wins relatively easily thanks to his reputation as a war hero and man of the western frontier.

1832 Election Candidates

Democrat - Andrew Jackson, Whig - Henry Clay

Election of 1832

Jackson easily wins reelection. His vice president was Van Buren. Heavily relied on the Bank War.

Election of 1840

Voters are extremely unhappy the state of the country/economy. Whigs win by a slight margin, establishing them as a national party.

1840 Election Candidates

Democrats - Martin Van Buren, Whigs - William Henry Harrison

Election of 1844

Americans believed it was their Manifest Destiny to take possession of Oregon & Texas. Close election, but Polk wins.

1844 Election Candidates

Democrats - James K. Polk, Whigs - Henry Clay