United States · presidential election
1824 election
President elected
John Quincy Adams
Electoral College result
Winner: 99 | Main Opponent: 84 | Total/Majority: 261/131
Andrew Jackson led the electoral vote, but no candidate won a majority. The House of Representatives elected John Quincy Adams president.
Electoral votes by state
National Archives result| State | Electoral Vote of Each State | For President | For Vice-President | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Jackson, of Tennessee | John Quincy Adams, of Massachusetts | Others1 | John C. Calhoun, of South Carolina | Nathan Sanford, of New York | Others2 | ||
| Alabama | 5 | 5 | - | - | 5 | - | - |
| Connecticut3 | 8 | - | 8 | - | - | - | 8 |
| Delaware4 | 3 | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 2 |
| Georgia5 | 9 | - | - | 9 | - | - | 9 |
| Illinois | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | 3 | - | - |
| Indiana | 5 | 5 | - | - | 5 | - | - |
| Kentucky6 | 14 | - | - | 14 | 7 | 7 | - |
| Louisiana | 5 | 3 | 2 | - | 5 | - | - |
| Maine | 9 | - | 9 | - | 9 | - | - |
| Maryland7 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 10 | - | 1 |
| Massachusetts | 15 | - | 15 | - | 15 | - | - |
| Mississippi | 3 | 3 | - | - | 3 | - | - |
| Missouri8 | 3 | - | - | 3 | - | - | 3 |
| New Hampshire9 | 8 | - | 8 | - | 7 | - | 1 |
| New Jersey | 8 | 8 | - | - | 8 | - | - |
| New York10 | 36 | 1 | 26 | 9 | 29 | 7 | - |
| North Carolina | 15 | 15 | - | - | 15 | - | - |
| Ohio11 | 16 | - | - | 16 | - | 16 | - |
| Pennsylvania | 28 | 28 | - | - | 28 | - | - |
| Rhode Island | 4 | - | 4 | - | 3 | - | - |
| South Carolina | 11 | 11 | - | - | 11 | - | - |
| Tennessee | 11 | 11 | - | - | 11 | - | - |
| Vermont | 7 | - | 7 | - | 7 | - | - |
| Virginia12 | 24 | - | - | 24 | - | - | 24 |
| Totals | 26113 | 99 | 84 | 7814 | 182 | 30 | 4815 |
Electoral College figures: U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.