Who won Ohio in the 1824 presidential election?

Clay (Democratic-Republican) carried Ohio in 1824, winning its 16 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Ohio have in 1824?

Ohio cast 16 electoral votes in the 1824 presidential election.

Did Ohio vote for the national winner in 1824?

No. Ohio backed Clay, while John Quincy Adams won the presidency nationally.

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1824

Ohio: Clay carries 16 EV.

Ohio cast its 16 electoral votes for Clay (Democratic-Republican). National winner: John Quincy Adams (Democratic-Republican) — Ohio voted against the national winner this cycle.

Reading the 1824 result in Ohio

Ohio backed Clay (Democratic-Republican) in the 1824 presidential election, casting 16 electoral votes for the ticket. Nationally the result broke the other way — John Quincy Adams (Democratic-Republican) won the presidency, leaving Ohio among the states he did not carry.

It marked the 6th consecutive election in which Ohio backed the Democratic-Republican party, a streak reaching back to 1804. Ohio did not move alone — neighboring Michigan, Indiana, Kentucky, and Pennsylvania broke the same way in 1824. Across the 56 presidential elections Ohio has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Republican party (30 times). The vote fell within the Era of Good Feelings — One-party rule and the Corrupt Bargain.

With no candidate reaching an Electoral College majority, the 1824 election was decided in the House of Representatives.

The 1824 national map

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