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How did john Quincy Adams become president in 1824​

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In the election for vice president, John C. Calhoun was elected with a comfortable majority of the vote. ... On February 9, 1825, John Quincy Adams was elected as president. The Democratic-Republican Party had won six consecutive presidential elections and by 1824 was the only national political party.

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