1824 Presidential Election Interactive Map
131 electoral votes to win
Change history with the 1824 presidential election interactive map.
Update a state winner by clicking it to rotate through candidates. Alternately, select a candidate color in the Map Color Palette, then select states to apply. Use the edit button in the Palette to update candidate information.
Split electoral vote states - if any - are not interactive. Use the table below the map to make changes.
For full details, see the user guide.
Split Electoral Votes
States shown here did not allocate all their available electoral votes to one candidate. The historical split can be edited in this table. You can also use the drop down menu to split other states.
Removing the split () will set the state to undecided and make it interactive on the map.
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1824 Actual Election Results
| Candidate | Party | Electoral Votes | Popular Votes | ||
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| Andrew Jackson | Democratic-Republican | 99 | 153,544 | ||
| ✓ | John Quincy Adams | Democratic-Republican | 84 | 108,740 | |
| William H. Crawford | Democratic-Republican | 41 | 40,856 | ||
| Henry Clay | Democratic-Republican | 37 | 47,531 |
1824 Election Facts
- Delaware moves from 4 back to 3 votes; and has maintained that number to this day
- No candidate received a majority of Electors, Adams elected by vote of House of Representatives
- 1st election where popular vote retained for history; eventual winner Adams received only about 32%
- Adams is the son of 2nd President, John Adams
- Delaware electors split their vote: 2 for Crawford, 1 for Adams
- Illinois: A district-based system was used, similar to ME/NE today. Although Adams won more votes statewide, Jackson won 2 districts, Adams 1.
- Louisiana electors split their vote: 3 for Jackson, 2 for Adams
- Maryland: A district-based system was used, similar to ME/NE today. Districts 3 and 4 voters each chose two electors. In all, Jackson won 7 electoral votes, Adams 3, Crawford 1.
- New York electors split their vote: 26 for Adams, 5 for Crawford, 4 for Clay, 1 for Jackson
- Issues of the Day: Monroe Doctrine
- Only presidential election where the person receiving the most electoral votes did not win; also only election (since passage of 12th Amendment) where election decided by House of Representatives.
