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Revision as of 19:20, June 18, 2007
After Andrew Jackson lost the 1824 election to John Quincy Adams, Jackson's campaigners prepared for the 1828 election. Jackson's supporters wanted to make sure that this time that Andrew Jackson decisively won the electoral vote. The campaign was full of namecalling and slanders. Jackson now had a new advantage; all whites in the south could now vote regardless of property. [1]
| candidates | popular vote | electoral vote |
|---|---|---|
| Andrew Jackson | 647, 286 | 178 |
| John Quincy Adams | 508, 064 | 83 |
References
- ↑ Encyclopedia of Presidents, Andrew Jackson, by Alice Osinski, Children's Press, 1987.
- ↑ A Pictoral History of the U.S. Presidents, by Clare Gibson, Gramercy Books, 2001.
