Election of 1824

1. Election of 1824

2. And the winner is…. John Quincy Adams

3. President John Quincy Adams 1825-1829

4. Background • Harvard educated • viewed as an elitist (similar to his father) • Phenomenal Secretary of State • Negotiated joint occupation of the Oregon country • Adams-Onis Treaty (Gave us???) • Monroe Doctrine • Even though Adams gains less electoral and popular votes the decision still goes to the House of Reps. • Speaker of the House Henry Clay throws his support to Adams (Corrupt Bargain)

5. President Adams After winning the Presidency he appoints Henry Clay as Sec. of State, leaving many people including Jackson to feel this was a “Corrupt Bargain.” • Proposed a grand idea of unifying the country through canals and highways (C&O broke ground in 1828) • Proposed the development of science and art • Would eventually lose to Jackson in the bitter campaign of 1828 Historian Thomas Bailey observed, "Seldom has the public mind been so successfully poisoned against an honest and high-minded man."

6. Post Presidency • Elected to the House of Reps in 1830 • Perhaps his crowning achievement came in 1844 when he won the appeal of a Southern “gag rule,” prohibiting Congress from hearing anti-slavery petitions 1st Photograph of a President—picture by Matthew Brady