1824 U.S. Presidential Election

Nationwide · 4 candidates

Who won the 1824 U.S. Presidential Election?

John Quincy Adams won the 1824 U.S. Presidential Election. John Quincy Adams received 122,440 popular votes (32.7%) and 84 electoral votes. The main challenger was Andrew Jackson (40.5%).

See the full head-to-head between Adams and Jackson

Jackson +7.8 pts · led by 28,869 votes
John Quincy AdamsDemocratic-RepublicanWINNER32.7%
122,440 votes · 84 electoral
Andrew JacksonDemocratic-Republican40.5%
151,309 votes · 99 electoral
Henry ClayDemocratic-Republican13%
47,531 votes · 37 electoral
William H. CrawfordDemocratic-Republican11.2%
40,856 votes · 41 electoral
Other candidates received the remaining 2.6% of the popular vote; only the leading candidates are individually recorded for this election.
Popular-vote counts come from official certified totals (1976–2024) and official public returns for earlier years, cross-checked against the MIT Election Lab. The 1824 count is partial. Six states chose electors through their legislatures.

Data last verified July 28, 2026.