UNITED STATES OF AMERICA PRESDENTIAL ELECTIONS OF 1824 =================================================================================================== This was the first election at which the members of the Electoral College were elected by popular vote, although in states marked with an asterisk the legislatures still cast the state's votes. The four candidates represented factions of the Democratic Republican party. POPULAR VOTE AND ELECTORAL COLLEGE VOTE BY STATE ================================================================================================== John Q Henry William Andrew Adams Clay Crawford Jackson (Dem Rep, MA) (Dem Rep, KY) (Dem Rep, GA) (Dem Rep, TN) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State vote % ECV vote % ECV vote % ECV vote % ECV -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ALABAMA 2,422 17.8 - 96 00.2 - 1,656 12.2 - 9,429 69.3 5 CONNECTICUT 7,494 70.4 8 1,965 18.5 - - - - - DELAWARE * 1 * - * 2 * - GEORGIA * - * - * 9 * - ILLINOIS 1,516 32.5 1 1,036 22.2 - - - 1,272 27.2 2 INDIANA 3,071 19.4 - 5,316 33.6 - - - 7,444 47.0 5 KENTUCKY - - 16,982 72.8 14 - - 6,356 27.2 - LOUISIANA * 2 * - * - * 3 MAINE 10,289 81.5 9 - - 2,336 18.5 - - - MARYLAND 14,632 44.1 3 14,523 43.7 - 695 02.1 1 3,364 10.1 7 MASSACHUSETTS 30,687 73.0 15 - - 11,369 27.0 - - - MISSISSIPPI 1,654 33.8 - - - 119 02.4 - 3,121 63.8 3 MISSOURI 159 04.6 - 2,042 59.5 3 32 00.9 - 1,166 34.0 - NEW HAMPSHIRE 9,389 93.6 8 - - 643 06.4 - - - NEW JERSEY 8,309 41.9 - - - 1,196 06.0 - 10,332 52.1 8 NEW YORK * 26 * 4 * 5 * 1 NTH CAROLINA - - - - 15,622 43.3 - 20,231 56.0 15 OHIO 12,280 24.5 - 19,255 38.5 16 - - 18,489 37.0 - PENNSYLVANIA 5,441 11.6 - 1,690 03.6 - 4,206 08.9 - 35,736 75.9 28 RHODE ISLAND 2,144 91.5 4 - - - - - - STH CAROLINA * - * - * - * 11 TENNESSEE 216 01.0 - - - 312 01.5 - 20,197 97.5 11 VERMONT * 7 * - * - * - VIRGINIA 3,419 22.2 - 419 02.7 - 8,558 55.7 24 2,975 19.4 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 113,122 30.9 84 47,531 13.0 37 40,856 11.2 41 151,271 41.3 99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No candidate had a majority of Electoral College votes. The election was therefore decided by the House of Representatives, which chose Adams. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------