The One-Party Presidential Contest: Adams, Jackson, and 1824's

The One-Party Presidential Contest: Adams, Jackson, and 1824's Five-Horse Race (American Presidential Elections)

The election of 1824 is commonly viewed as a mildly interesting contest involving several colorful personalitiesâ€”John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson, Henry Clay, John C. Calhoun, and William H. Crawfordâ€”that established Old Hickory as the people's choice and yet, through "bargain and corruption," deprived him of the presidency. In The One-Party Presidential Contest, Donald Ratcliffe reveals that Jackson was not the most popular candidate and the corrupt bargaining was a myth. The election saw the final disruption of both the dominant Democratic Republican Party and the dying Federalist Party, and the creation of new political formations that would slowly evolve into the Democratic and National Republicans (later Whig) Partiesâ€”thus bringing about arguably the greatest voter realignment in US history.

Bringing to bear over 35 years of research, Ratcliffe describes how loyal Democratic Republicans tried to control the election but failed, as five of their party colleagues persisted in competing, in novel ways, until the contest had to be decided in the House of Representatives. Initially a struggle between personalities, the election evolved into a fight to control future policy, with large consequences for future presidential politics. The One-Party Presidential Contest offers a nuanced account of the proceedings, one that balances the undisciplined conflict of personal ambitions with the issues, principles, and prejudices that swirled around the election. In this book we clearly see, perhaps for the first time, how the election of 1824 revealed fracture lines within the young republicâ€”and created others that would forever change the course of American politics.
Country USA
Brand University Press of Kansas
Manufacturer University Press of Kansas
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 21 Illustrations
ReleaseDate 2015-08-15
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780700621309

Country	USA
Brand	University Press of Kansas
Manufacturer	University Press of Kansas
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	21 Illustrations
ReleaseDate	2015-08-15
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780700621309

The One-Party Presidential Contest: Adams, Jackson, and 1824's Five-Horse Race (American Presidential Elections)

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