The Election of 1824: The "Era of Good Feelings" Comes to an End

Candidates:
Presidential: Andrew Jackson (Tennessee); John Quincy Adams (Massachusetts); William Crawford (Georgia); Henry Clay (Kentucky)

Vice-Presidential: John Calhoun (South Carolina); Nathan Sanford (New York); Nathaniel Macon (North Carolina); Andrew Jackson (Tennessee); Martin Van Buren (New York); Henry Clay (Kentucky)

Election Results
Presidential:
Andrew Jackson: 99 electoral votes, 151,000 popular votes
John Quincy Adams: 84 electoral votes, 113,000 popular votes
William Crawford: 41 electoral votes, 40,000 popular votes
Henry Clay: 37 electoral votes, 47,000 popular votes

Vice-Presidential
John Calhoun 182 electoral votes
Nathan Sanford 30 electoral votes
Nathaniel Macon 34 electoral votes
Andrew Jackson 13 electoral votes
Martin Van Buren 9 electoral votes
Henry Clay 2 electoral votes

Summary:
The 1824 presidential election was a turning point in American politics, not only for the way in which elections would be run but also the level of discourse in political campaigns. Following three decades of elections in which popular voting meant little at the national level, the process of holding conventions and electing the average person as a delegate began following 1824. But as the “Era of Good Feelings” created during the James Monroe presidency came to an end, the conflict between populism and elitism, as well as the underlying current of slave and free states, raged on throughout the United States.