john quincy adams won the election of 1824 but failed to win a majority of the votes necessary to become president.
john quincy adams won the election of 1824 but failed to win a majority of the votes necessary to become president.
who won the election of 1824 but failed to win a majority of the votes necessary to become president?
john quincy adams
in the first close presidential election since the 1812 election, four major candidates ran, all of whom were members of the democratic-republican party. the democratic-republicans had largely been successful in fielding only one presidential candidate in previous elections (except in 1812), but the breakdown of the congressional nominating caucus and a lack of meaningful opposition from the federalists allowed for a multi-candidate field. senator andrew jackson from tennessee, secretary of state john quincy adams, secretary of the treasury william crawford, and speaker of the house henry clay all received electoral votes. with no candidate receiving a majority of the electoral vote, the house chose among the three candidates (jackson, adams, and crawford) with the most electoral votes. although jackson won a plurality of electoral and popular votes, the house elected adams as president. despite the chaos in the presidential election, john c. calhoun won the vice presidency with a majority of electoral votes. the 1824 presidential election was the only time that the house elected the president under the terms of the twelfth amendment, and the only time that the winner of the most electoral votes did not win the presidency. adams's victory ended the virginia dynasty of presidents, but continued the trend of the incumbent secretary of state winning election as president.
1824 united states elections
torra contested the 2017 regional election as an independent juntsxcat candidate in the province of barcelona and was elected to the parliament of catalonia. at the election catalan secessionists retained a slim majority in the catalan parliament. attempts by the secessionists to inaugurate three candidates – carles puigdemont, jordi sànchez and jordi turull – as president of catalonia were thwarted by the spanish courts. in may 2018 torra, the so-called "plan d", was nominated as candidate for president. at the investiture vote held on 12 may 2018 torra secured 66 votes (juntsxcat34; erc–catsí 32) with 65 votes against (cs 36; psc 17; catcomú–podem 8; pp 4) and four abstentions (cup-cc 4), failing to achieve the 68 votes necessary for an absolute majority. as a result, a second vote was held on 14 may 2018 at which he only needed a simple majority to become president. the result of the second vote was exactly the same as the first vote – 66 in favour, 65 against and four abstentions – and as a result torra was elected the 131st president of catalonia. he was sworn in on 17 may 2018. on may 19 he appointed his government, which included as regional ministers, jordi turull and josep rull (in preventive custody) as well as toni comín and lluís puig, in self-imposed exile in belgium and also required by the spanish justice. since article 155 was still in force, mariano rajoy decided not to publish the appointments in the generalitat government gazette, which led to a criminal complaint for prevarication brought by president torra. in order to avoid extending the application of article 155, on may 29 president torra appointed a new government, which took office on june 2, which ended a period of seven months of direct rule on catalonia from madrid.
quim torra