1824 election: Jackson or John Quincy?

[expatriot]

Poll question: 1824 election: Jackson or John Quincy?

If you were an eligible voter on Election Day 1824, would you vote for Andrew Jackson or John Quincy Adams?

I am torn on this. On one hand, Andrew Jackson was the populist candidate that was taking on the entrenched power of the old, elitist establishment. But on the other hand, Jackson' was the anti-intellectualist candidate who was running against the limp-wristed, latte-drinking, french-speaking, intellectual Adams.

[terrya]

1. Andrew Jackson was bloodthirsty, IMO.

Jackson had a lot of Indian blood on his hands.

I would have voted for John Quincy Adams.

[expatriot]

2. Note: Both ran as no-party

While we think of AJ as being a father of the Democratic Party, he was officially no party in 1824.

[mrboba1]

3. Jackson.

He was from NC!

:silly:

(Don't you just love it when people vote for someone based on the stupidest things? -- Oh, his wife is prettier, he's got my vote! :grr:

[MallRat]

4. Apparently, a very ugly outcome in 1824.

Once the votes were counted, Jackson (Democrat) trounced Adams (Whig) by 13 percentage points in the popular vote and led the electoral vote tally by 15. However, neither Jackson nor Adams secured enough electoral votes to win, so the election went to the House for the decisive vote.

Henry Clay, the powerful Speaker of the House, pulled enough strings to win the Presidency for Adams: 13 delegations to 7. Adams later appointed Clay as his Secretary of State, eliciting further outrage. Adams was dogged by questions of his legitimacy throughout his entire term, and was handily defeated by Jackson in 1828.

-MR

[Rowdyboy]

5. Hmmm...Vote for the son of a former aristocratic president or a war hero

dedicated to representing the common man? Hard choice (not) but I think I'd vote for Andy Jackson.