1824 - Jackson was running for election. John Quincy Adams was running against him. Henry Clay - the Speaker of the House - also ran, as well as William Crawford. Jackson, Adams, and Clay were the top 3, but none of them won a majority of the Electoral votes, which forced the election into the House of Representatives. Constitution says that only the top 3 candidates can be considered, but Clay was automatically eliminated, because he was Speaker. So the House was to vote on Jackson vs. Adams.

Clay and Adams had a meeting in early January 1825 that lasted several hours. Clay was chosen as representative for his state and made his support for Adams widely known.

When the House voted in February 1825, Adams won because of Clay's influence there. Adams subsequently named Henry Clay as his Secretary of State.

1824 - Jackson was running for reelection. John Quincy Adams was running against him. Henry Clay - the Speaker of the House - also ran, as well as William Crawford. Jackson, Adams, and Clay were the top 3, but none of them won a majority of the Electoral votes, which forced the election into the House of Representatives. Constitution says that only the top 3 candidates can be considered, but Clay was automatically eliminated, because he was Speaker. So the House was to vote on Jackson vs. Adams.

Clay and Adams had a meeting in early January 1825 that lasted several hours. Clay was chosen as representative for his state and made his support for Adams widely known.

When the House voted in February 1825, Adams won because of Clay's influence there. Adams subsequently named Henry Clay as his Secretary of State.

1824. Jackson was running for reelection. John Quincy Adams was running against him. Henry Clay - the Speaker of the House - also ran, as well as William Crawford. Jackson, Adams, and Clay were the top 3, but none of them won a majority of the Electoral votes, which forced the election into the House of Representatives. Constitution says that only the top 3 candidates can be considered, but Clay was automatically eliminated, because he was Speaker. So the House was to vote on Jackson vs. Adams.

Clay and Adams had a meeting in early January 1825 that lasted several hours. Clay was chosen as representative for his state and made his support for Adams widely known. When the House voted in February 1825, Adams won because of Clay's influence.

Adams subsequently named Henry Clay as his Secretary of State, which Jackson decried as "the corrupt bargain," claiming that Clay agreed to back Adams in exchange for the SoS position.