Lesson 72: Election of 1824

     When the time for election of a new president came, four candidates showed up.
These were William Crawford,  John Quincy Adams, Henry Clay, and General Andrew Jackson.
 Jackson and Adams soon became the most popular with the most votes.  Jackson gained more votes of the people, but not enough electoral votes.

 Henry Clay quit his run for presidency and began to support John Quincy Adams. When Adams was selected as president, he made Clay his Secretary of State.
This would come to be known as the  "Corrupt Bargain" of 1824, since Clay gave Adams his approval and Adams promoted him to his cabinet when he became president.