US Election Results
1828 US Presidential Election Result, Past US election Result, US Presidential Election History Details winner candidates party vote %, US Election Results
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1828 US Presidential Election Result, Past US election Result, US Presidential Election History Details winner candidates party vote %, US Election Results
The United States presidential election of 1828 was the 11th quadrennial presidential election, held from Friday, October 31, to Tuesday, December 2, 1828. It featured a re-match between incumbent President John Quincy Adams, and Andrew Jackson, the winner of the Electoral College in the election of 1824.
With no other major candidates, Jackson and his chief ally Martin Van Buren consolidated their bases in the South and New York and easily defeated Adams.
The Democratic Party merged its strength from the existing supporters of Jackson and their coalition with some of the supporters of William H. Crawford (the "Old Republicans") and Vice-President John C. Calhoun. Jackson was the first president whose home state was neither Massachusetts nor Virginia.
Presidential candidate |
Party |
Home state |
Popular vote(a) |
Electoral |
Running mate |
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Count |
Pct |
vote |
Vice-presidential candidate |
Home state |
Elect. vote |
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Andrew Jackson |
Democratic |
Tennessee |
6,42,553 |
56.00% |
178 |
John Caldwell Calhoun |
South Carolina |
171 |
William Smith |
South Carolina |
7 |
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John Quincy Adams(Incumbent) |
National Republican |
Massachusetts |
5,00,897 |
43.60% |
83 |
Richard Rush |
Pennsylvania |
83 |
Other |
4,568 |
0.40% |
— |
Other |
— |
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Total |
11,48,018 |
100% |
261 |
|
261 |
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Needed to win |
131 |
|
131 |