How many eligible voters were there in 1824 and 1828?

Andrew Jackson

lost the election of 1824 even though he received the largest

number of popular votes and electoral votes.

In the 1824

presidential election an individual needed to receive at least 131

electoral votes out of the 261 total electoral votes. Andrew

Jackson received 99 electoral votes, John Quincy Adams received 84

electoral votes, William Crawford received 41 electoral votes, and

Henry Clay received 37 electoral votes. The popular vote totals

were Andrew Jackson 151,271, John Quincy Adams 113,122, Henry Clay

47,531, and William Crawford 40,856. Since no candidate received

the required majority of 131 electoral votes, the president was

elected by the U.S. House of Representatives in accordance with the

Twelfth Amendment of the United States Constitution. John Quincy

Adams won the election in the U.S. House of Representatives.