History of the United States I / Unit 10 USH1 1352 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Five Candidates
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The idea
John Quincy Adams stood for New England, Calhoun for the slaveholding South, Clay for the western states, Crawford for Georgia, and Jackson nationally.
In practice
Calhoun withdrawing to run for vice president instead.
Where people slip
Crawford suffered a stroke in eighteen twenty-three and ran anyway, backed by Van Buren's New York machine.
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