(Glorious America) 1824 Presidential Election

The 1824 United States presidential election was the tenth quadrennial presidential election. It was held from Tuesday, October 26 to Wednesday, December 1, 1824.

President Adams was re-elected with a safe margin in both the Popular vote and the Electoral college, but the Electoral college was still decently close. Senator William H. Crawford and his running mate, Martin Van Buren, ran on a campaign of arguing that Adams tariffs will cause damage to the economy in the long run, and that his new Infrastructure projects would simply cost far to much. Despite a solid campaign on behalf of Crawford and Van Buren, President Adams

would ultimately win.

Before the election
Leading up to the election, the economy after 3-4 years of decline, started to see massive improvements. It was expected that Crawford would narrowly win, but after the news that the economy began to recover, Adams soared in popularity.

Selection of running mates
When looking for running mates, Crawford has a large selection. The list was: Martin Van Buren, Andrew Jackson, Philip P. Barbour, Robert Lucas, and Richard M. Johnson. After a long night, Crawford chose Martin Van Buren as his running mate. When Van Buren heard he news, he traveled to Georgia to meet with Crawford to discuss the election.

President Adams and Vice President Clay has a mostly secret feud with one another. Adams would commonly refuse to invite Clay to important meetings, and Clay would some times hide information from Adams. Adams hoped to have Clay replaced with someone else as his running mate, but Clay would ultimately stay on the ticket.

The election
On election day, Thousands of Americans headed to vote. A majority of Americans voted for incumbent President John Quincy Adams.

President Adams won 53.17% of the vote, with 101,093 votes, a downgrade of what he got in 1820. nonetheless, President Adams won re-election. William H. Crawford won 46.83% of the vote and with 86,038 votes.

The election was a massive disappointment for the Democratic-Republicans, with Federalists gaining a few seats in congress. Luckily for them, in the following midterms they would regain the Senate.

Aftermath
Following hearing the news of his defeat, Crawford conceded the election and retreated to his home in Georgia.

Adams was sworn in as president by Chief justice John Marshall on March 4, 1825, in a ceremony held in the House of Representatives Chamber at the United States Capitol. He took the presidential oath upon a volume of Constitutional law, instead of the more traditional Bible. In his inaugural address, Adams adopted a post-partisan tone, promising that he would avoid party-building and politically motivated appointments. He also proposed another elaborate program of even more internal improvements: roads, ports, and canals. Though some questioned the constitutionality of such federal projects, Adams argued that the General Welfare clause provided for broad constitutional authority. While his predecessors had engaged in projects like the building of the National Road, Adams promised that he would ask Congress to authorize even more such projects.