Who won Pennsylvania in the 1824 presidential election?

Jackson (Democratic-Republican) carried Pennsylvania in 1824, winning its 28 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Pennsylvania have in 1824?

Pennsylvania cast 28 electoral votes in the 1824 presidential election.

Did Pennsylvania vote for the national winner in 1824?

No. Pennsylvania backed Jackson, while John Quincy Adams won the presidency nationally.

Era of Good FeelingsPA · 28 EV

1824

Pennsylvania: Jackson carries 28 EV.

Pennsylvania cast its 28 electoral votes for Jackson (Democratic-Republican). National winner: John Quincy Adams (Democratic-Republican) — Pennsylvania voted against the national winner this cycle.

Reading the 1824 result in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania backed Jackson (Democratic-Republican) in the 1824 presidential election, casting 28 electoral votes for the ticket. Nationally the result broke the other way — John Quincy Adams (Democratic-Republican) won the presidency, leaving Pennsylvania among the states he did not carry.

It marked the 8th consecutive election in which Pennsylvania backed the Democratic-Republican party, a streak reaching back to 1796. Pennsylvania did not move alone — neighboring Ohio, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, and New York broke the same way in 1824. Across the 60 presidential elections Pennsylvania has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Republican party (26 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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