On Dec. 1, 1824, the presidential election was turned over to the House of Representatives to break a four-way deadlock between John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson, William Crawford and Henry Clay.

In the 1824 election, the House selected John Quincy Adams as president despite his failure to win the most votes overall or earn the most electoral votes (Andrew Jackson had both).

When No Candidate Won the 1824 Presidential Election, the House of Representatives Was Given the Rare Task of Deciding the Victor A “corrupt bargain” that delivered John Quincy Adams the ...

Freewheeling newspapers, ... And the bad blood between Adams and Jackson went back to the election of 1824, when Adams whipped Jackson, who had the most popular votes, ...