1824 United States presidential election in Tennessee

none June 2025 September 2023 1824 United States presidential election 1824 United States presidential election in Tennessee presidential no 1820 United States presidential election in Tennessee 1820 1828 United States presidential election in Tennessee 1828 October 26 – December 2, 1824 x200px Unsuccessful 1824.jpg Andrew Jackson Democratic-Republican Party Tennessee John C. Calhoun 11 20,197 97.45% 350px County results Jackson #86b6f2ff 50–60%#4389e3ff 60–70%#1666cbff 70–80%#0645b4ff 80–90%#002b84ff 90–100% Unknown/No vote #808080 President James Monroe Democratic-Republican Party John Quincy Adams Democratic-Republican Party 698DC5 File:Flag of the United States (1822–1836).svg The 1824 United States presidential election in Tennessee took place between October 26 and December 2, 1824, as part of the 1824 United States presidential election. Voters chose 11 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President. Campaign Henry Clay announced his campaign and received the support of leading Tennessee politicians such as John Overton, William Carroll, and Felix Grundy. Grundy, who not a member of a major faction, urged Clay to run for the presidency starting in 1821. Carroll was a member of Andrew Erwin's faction which was in ascendancy. Andrew Jackson wrote to Clay on January 16, 1822, stating that "you will get all the votes in Tennessee in preference to any man whose name has been mentioned".Sellers 1957 537-540 Overton, whose faction was in decline, came to support Jackson in order to revive his political standing. The Nashville Gazette, the organ of Overton's faction, "took the field openly and boldly" for Jackson.Sellers 1957 539 Pleasant Moorman Miller, the leader of the Overton faction in the state house and a supporter of John Quincy Adams for the presidency, suggested that Jackson should run for governor in 1823. Grundy came to also support Jackson.Sellers 1957 541-543 John Eaton and William Berkeley Lewis nominated Jackson for U.S. Senate in 1823, and he defeated incumbent U.S. Senator John Williams.Sellers 1957 549-550 Results 1824 United States presidential election in Tennessee1824 Presidential General Election Results - Tennessee http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1824&f=1&off=0&elect=0&fips=18&submit=Retrieve U.S. Election Atlas 27 February 2013PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Democratic-Republican Andrew Jackson 20,197 97.45% 11 Democratic-Republican William H. Crawford 312 1.51% 0 Democratic-Republican John Quincy Adams 216 1.04% 0 Totals 20,725 100.0% 11 See also United States presidential elections in Tennessee References Works cited Sellers Charles Charles Grier Sellers Jackson Men with Feet of Clay The American Historical Review Oxford University Press 1957 62 3 537–51 10.2307/1847330 1847330 https://www.jstor.org/stable/1847330 subscription Tennessee 1824 Category:1824 Tennessee elections