In a message dated 2/6/2008 9:31:00 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: It was the "corrupt" bargain of 1824 in which Henry Clay threw his support to John Quincy Addams, as opposed to Andrew Jackson. A result that in retrospect probably made Jackson an even worse President after being elected in his own right in 1828. I know I'm swimming up stream by considering him not one of the greats but so be it. In that case no candidate received the requisite majority of electoral votes, there were four candidates and Jackson received a plurality of the popular votes. The election was settled in the house where Clay who was also a candidate supposedly was speaker. After Adams won he made Clay Sec. of State. An office much more coveted than VP in those days as a stepping stone to the Presidency.
The only other time anything like this happened was in 1876 where several states, (I forget how many), had contested vote counts. Without them neither candidate would have an electoral majority. This of course once again threw the election into the house. A complex deal was worked out that put the Republican in the White House and ended reconstruction, and military occupation of the former Confederacy. As usual it satisfied no one and we are dealing with the repercussions to this day. =========== Funny, when I was writing that last night, late, I kind of figured you would know, Peter. :-) I thought it was that far back, but was not up to googling to find out. Glad you can fill in. Marnie aka Doe --------------------------------------------- Warning: I am now filtering my email, so you may be censored. **************Biggest Grammy Award surprises of all time on AOL Music. (http://music.aol.com/grammys/pictures/never-won-a-grammy?NCID=aolcmp003000000025 48) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
