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Why did Jackson not win the 1824 presidential election even though he won the majority of the popular vote?

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President Jackson had won the most votes, but not the majority. He just barely had more votes than John Quincy Adams so the revealing of the winner was postponed giving Adams more time, so he convinced one of his opponents to give him all of his votes if Adams made him Vice Present.

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