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If there was only one political party, why were there four candidates for president in 1824?

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Ok, call me out if I'm wrong, but the answer is because two candidates ran for the same party.

Step-by-step explanation:

The candidates for the 1824 presidential election were John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson, William Crawford, and Henry Clay. John Quincy Adams was the winner of the election and a Democrat, and so was Andrew Jackson, so two people of the Democrat Party ran for president at the same time.

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