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1828

Andrew Jackson and the 1828 map.
Andrew Jackson (Democratic) defeated John Quincy Adams (National Republican), 55.9% to 43.7% of the popular vote.

The 1828 U.S. presidential election was won by Andrew Jackson (Democratic) with 178 of 261 electoral votes, defeating John Quincy Adams (National Republican). Electoral-vote margin: 95 (178 to 83). Popular-vote margin: 12.3 percentage points. Turnout was 57.3%. The cycle falls in the Second Party System era of American electoral history.

Jackson
178 EV
Adams
83 EV
0131 to win261
The map · 1828
15 states for Dem · 9 for N-R
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Narrative

Andrew Jackson and the 1828 map

Andrew Jackson decisively defeated incumbent John Quincy Adams in a rematch driven by Jackson's furious populist campaign against the 'Corrupt Bargain' of 1824. Jackson carried the South and West by enormous margins, running as the champion of ordinary frontier and working-class voters against the Eastern elite. The election was extraordinarily bitter, featuring personal attacks on both candidates and their wives. Jackson's victory marked the beginning of Jacksonian Democracy and the modern Democratic Party.

Key issue

Revenge for the 'Corrupt Bargain'; democratic reform; tariff policy

Notable

Bitter rematch of 1824; marked the rise of Jacksonian Democracy and mass-participation politics

This summary was drafted with AI tools and has not yet been checked sentence by sentence. The vote table and the National Archives note on this page come from named sources; where they differ from the summary, rely on them. Tell us about an error.

State results · 1828

Electoral votes by state. State popular votes for 1828 are not yet published here.
1828 presidential election results by state: electoral votes
StateElectoral votesPopular vote
Alabama1
5 EV
State popular vote not yet sourced.
Connecticut2
8 EV
State popular vote not yet sourced.
Delaware3
3 EV
Electors were chosen by the legislature.
Georgia4
9 EV
State popular vote not yet sourced.
Illinois5
3 EV
State popular vote not yet sourced.
Indiana6
5 EV
State popular vote not yet sourced.
Kentucky7
14 EV
State popular vote not yet sourced.
Louisiana8
5 EV
State popular vote not yet sourced.
Maine9
9 EV
John Quincy Adams 8, Jackson 1
State popular vote not yet sourced.
Maryland10
11 EV
John Quincy Adams 6, Jackson 5
State popular vote not yet sourced.
Massachusetts11
15 EV
State popular vote not yet sourced.
Mississippi12
3 EV
State popular vote not yet sourced.
Missouri13
3 EV
State popular vote not yet sourced.
New Hampshire14
8 EV
State popular vote not yet sourced.
New Jersey15
8 EV
State popular vote not yet sourced.
New York16
36 EV
Jackson 20, John Quincy Adams 16
State popular vote not yet sourced.
North Carolina17
15 EV
State popular vote not yet sourced.
Ohio18
16 EV
State popular vote not yet sourced.
Pennsylvania19
28 EV
State popular vote not yet sourced.
Rhode Island20
4 EV
State popular vote not yet sourced.
South Carolina21
11 EV
Electors were chosen by the legislature.
Tennessee22
11 EV
State popular vote not yet sourced.
Vermont23
7 EV
State popular vote not yet sourced.
Virginia24
24 EV
State popular vote not yet sourced.

Notes on the figures

  1. Alabama State popular vote not yet sourced.
  2. Connecticut State popular vote not yet sourced.
  3. Delaware The state legislature chose the electors; there was no popular vote.
  4. Georgia State popular vote not yet sourced.
  5. Illinois State popular vote not yet sourced.
  6. Indiana State popular vote not yet sourced.
  7. Kentucky State popular vote not yet sourced.
  8. Louisiana State popular vote not yet sourced.
  9. Maine State popular vote not yet sourced.
  10. Maryland State popular vote not yet sourced.
  11. Massachusetts State popular vote not yet sourced.
  12. Mississippi State popular vote not yet sourced.
  13. Missouri State popular vote not yet sourced.
  14. New Hampshire State popular vote not yet sourced.
  15. New Jersey State popular vote not yet sourced.
  16. New York State popular vote not yet sourced.
  17. North Carolina State popular vote not yet sourced.
  18. Ohio State popular vote not yet sourced.
  19. Pennsylvania State popular vote not yet sourced.
  20. Rhode Island State popular vote not yet sourced.
  21. South Carolina The state legislature chose the electors; there was no popular vote.
  22. Tennessee State popular vote not yet sourced.
  23. Vermont State popular vote not yet sourced.
  24. Virginia State popular vote not yet sourced.

SourceNo state popular-vote figures for 1828 are published here yet. How these figures were compiled

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