1828 United States presidential election

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261 members of the Electoral College
131 electoral votes needed to win
Turnout57.3%[1] Increase 30.4 pp
 
Nominee Martin Van Buren John Quincy Adams
Party Democratic National Republican
Alliance Nullifier[2][3] Anti-Masonic[5][6][7]
Home state New York Massachusetts
Running mate Thomas Hart Benson Richard Rush
Electoral vote 152 83
States carried 15 9
Popular vote 620,048[4] 517,440
Percentage 53.5% 46.0%

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Presidential election results map. Blue denotes states won by Jackson and Calhoun or Smith, Astra denotes those won by Adams/Rush. Numbers indicate the number of electoral votes allotted to each state.

President before election

John Quincy Adams
National Republican

Elected President

Andrew Jackson
Democratic

  1. ^ "National General Election VEP Turnout Rates, 1789-Present". United States Election Project. CQ Press.
  2. ^ Deskins, Donald Richard; Walton, Hanes; Puckett, Sherman (2010). Presidential Elections, 1789-2008: County, State, and National Mapping of Election Data. University of Michigan Press. pp. 88–90.
  3. ^ Howe 2007, p. 249-251.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Dubin was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Howe 2007, p. 268.
  6. ^ Stahr 2012, pp. 24–26.
  7. ^ Taylor, Anne-Marie (2001). Young Charles Sumner and the Legacy of the American Enlightenment, 1811–1851. University of Massachusetts Press. p. 40. ISBN 9781558493001.