What differentiated the 1828 election from all previous?

It was the first to be decided by the House of Representatives? No candidate had a clear majority? It was the lowest of all voter turn outs? It was the first real popular election? None of the above?

Public Comments

1. Andrew Jackson won a plurality of both the popular and electoral votes in the Election of 1824 but still lost to John Quincy Adams when the election was deferred to the House of Representatives. It was the first to be decided by the House of Representatives.
2. For 1828, the first three choices are definitely not true. There was great interest, much mudslinging, and the common man was motivated to get out and vote for their hero, Jackson, who won in a landslide, so it was a very popular election, although not the first that counted the popular vote. So the first real popular vote may be it if it is not too technical a question.