History of the United States I / Unit 10 USH1 1353 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Arithmetic of 1824
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The idea
Jackson took one hundred fifty-two thousand nine hundred one popular votes to Adams's one hundred fourteen thousand twenty-three, and ninety-nine electoral votes to Adams's eighty-four.
In practice
One hundred thirty-one electoral votes needed of two hundred sixty-one, and nobody reaching it.
Where people slip
Under the Twelfth Amendment the House decided, each state casting one vote.
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