Jackson both won the popular vote and got the most votes in the electoral college, but lost the election anyway.

Winning the White HouseAndrew Jackson may have lost the election of 1824, but he rallied to win the presidency in 1828 and again in 1832. This bronze statue of Jackson was erected in front of the ...

There is extensive evidence in our history revealing that attempts to disenfranchise the electorate are not a new problem.

But losing the 1828 election may have been the best thing to happen to John Quincy Adams. After sulking home to Massachusetts, Adams pulled himself together and ran for Congress, launching an epic ...

When the US Constitution was written in 1787, the Electoral College was created to pick the US president using a majority ...

In 1794, when he was 26-years-old, President George Washington appointed him as the U.S. Minister to the Netherlands. Years ...

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However, after Adams lost the 1828 election to Jackson, his lame-duck nomination of Robert Crittenden in December 1828 (to replace Trimble, who had died suddenly in August) was tabled by the Senate.

Reactions to the “Corrupt Bargain” led the House to nominate Jackson for presidency in 1825, three years before the 1828 election. During the election, Jackson was nicknamed “jackass” by his opponents ...

Campaign yard signs may not necessarily sway an election — research has shown the placards could make a difference of between 1 and 2 percentage points — but they likely won’t disappear anytime soon.

Political operatives like to say they only work when you are behind, ahead or even – in other words, all the time. Voters ...

Only U.S. citizens are eligible to vote in this fall's presidential election, but the potential for noncitizens to register ...