United States presidential election of 1828

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United States presidential election presidential election

The United States presidential election of 1828 was a pivotal contest in which Andrew Jackson decisively defeated incumbent John Quincy Adams, marking the rise of Jacksonian democracy and a new era of mass political participation.

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United States presidential election of 1828 canonical 3
1828 United States presidential election 1
Andrew Jackson presidential campaigns 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States presidential election ⓘ
presidential election ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Jackson–Adams rematch ⓘ
campaignStyle characterized by intense personal attacks and mudslinging ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
electionType presidential ⓘ
electoralVotesLoser 83 ⓘ
electoralVotesWinner 178 ⓘ
endDate 1828-12-02 ⓘ
hadRunningMateOfLoser Richard Rush ⓘ
hadRunningMateOfWinner John C. Calhoun ⓘ
incumbentBeforeElection John Quincy Adams ⓘ
introducedOrStrengthened modern mass campaign techniques ⓘ
permanent national political party organizations ⓘ
loser John Quincy Adams ⓘ
mainCandidate Andrew Jackson ⓘ
mainCandidateParty Democratic Party ⓘ
mainIssue corruption and the “corrupt bargain” of 1824 ⓘ
federal power versus states’ rights ⓘ
tariff policy ⓘ
mainOpponent John Quincy Adams ⓘ
mainOpponentParty National Republican Party ⓘ
nextElection United States presidential election of 1832 ⓘ
numberOfStatesCarriedByLoser 9 ⓘ
numberOfStatesCarriedByWinner 15 ⓘ
officeContested President of the United States ⓘ
Vice President of the United States ⓘ
percentagePopularVoteLoser 43.6 ⓘ
percentagePopularVoteWinner 56.0 ⓘ
popularVoteLoser 500897 ⓘ
popularVoteWinner 642553 ⓘ
presidentAfterElection Andrew Jackson ⓘ
previousElection United States presidential election of 1824 ⓘ
regionOfStrongSupportForLoser New England ⓘ
regionOfStrongSupportForWinner Southern United States ⓘ
surface form: South

West ⓘ
resultedIn decline of the Democratic-Republican Party ⓘ
formation of a durable Democratic Party coalition ⓘ
significance expanded mass political participation in the United States ⓘ
marked the beginning of the Second Party System ⓘ
marked the rise of Jacksonian democracy ⓘ
startDate 1828-10-31 ⓘ
tookPlaceDuring Second Party System ⓘ
tookPlaceInContextOf decline of property qualifications for voting ⓘ
expansion of white male suffrage ⓘ
vicePresidentAfterElection John C. Calhoun ⓘ
voterTurnoutCharacteristic substantially higher turnout than previous elections ⓘ
winner Andrew Jackson ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United States presidential election of 1832 → previousElection → United States presidential election of 1828 ⓘ
John Overton → supported → United States presidential election of 1828 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Andrew Jackson presidential campaigns
Adams Party → associatedWithElection → United States presidential election of 1828 ⓘ
11th United States presidential election → alsoKnownAs → United States presidential election of 1828 ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1828 United States presidential election
11th United States presidential election → tookPlaceIn → United States presidential election of 1828 ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States presidential election, 1828
United States presidential election of 1824 → nextElection → United States presidential election of 1828 ⓘ