John Quincy Adams

★ President

Born: July 11, 1767
Died: February 23, 1848
Age at death: 80
Home state: Massachusetts
Party: Democratic-Republican
In office: 1825–1829
On the ballot: 1824–1846

Career timeline

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9-1

RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Adams669,353

Opponents911,522

Total Electoral Votes

Adams167

Opponents355

Elections run

Between 1824 and 1846, John Quincy Adams ran in 10 elections across 2 offices (President and U.S. House), winning 9 and losing 1. Adams's biggest single-election total was 508,064 votes, in the 1828 U.S. presidential election. Adams's closest win came in the 1842 U.S. House election in Massachusetts's District 8, decided by 578 votes.

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How many votes has John Quincy Adams received?

John Quincy Adams has received 669,353 popular votes across 10 U.S. elections, with a career record of 9–1, plus 167 electoral votes.

Election history

John Quincy Adams’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1846	U.S. HouseMassachusetts	Won	5,76561.58%	George F Wright (head-to-head) William S Howe (head-to-head)
1844	U.S. HouseMassachusetts	Won	8,08956.58%	George F Wright (head-to-head) William S Howe (head-to-head)
1842	U.S. HouseMassachusetts	Won	5,99651.79%	James A Wilkinson Frederick H Jackson (head-to-head)
1840	U.S. HouseMassachusetts	Won	5,94854.16%	Frederick H Jackson (head-to-head)
1838	U.S. HouseMassachusetts	Won	4,10058.98%	Frederick H Jackson (head-to-head) William B Duggan Pehr G Holmes Frederick Lincoln (head-to-head)
1836	U.S. HouseMassachusetts	Won	3,12582.56%	Frederick Lincoln (head-to-head) John Thomas Davis
1834	U.S. HouseMassachusetts	Won	3,23486.75%	Caleb Cushing Frederick Lincoln (head-to-head) Russell James F Gardner
1833	U.S. HouseMassachusetts	Won	2,59275.52%	Frederick Lincoln (head-to-head)
1828	Presidentwith Richard Rush	Lost	508,064 (43.6%)83 EV	Andrew Jackson (head-to-head)
1824	President	Won	122,440 (32.7%)84 EV	Andrew Jackson (head-to-head) William H. Crawford Henry Clay

Identity & sources. Identity verified against the Congressional Bioguide (A000041) and Wikidata (Q11816). Election results come from official certified totals and the MIT Election Data and Science Lab; see methodology.

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Compiled by PolitiFinder. Election results from official certified sources and the MIT Election Lab. See Data & sources and methodology. Data last verified July 28, 2026.