To Jackson supporters, this election represented everything that was wrong with the corrupt government. Could there have been another outcome?
1824: John Quincy Adams vs. William H. Crawford vs. Henry Clay vs. Andrew Jackson
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1820: James Monroe vs. Dewitt Clinton vs. William H. Crawford vs. Henry Clay
The Era of Good Feelings masked deep divisions in the US. Could this have been the Union's breaking point?
1816: James Monroe vs. William H. Crawford
The War of 1812 had produced mixed results. If a few more things went the wrong way, it could threaten the stability of the Union!
1812: James Madison vs. DeWitt Clinton
The War of 1812 was inevitable. But was James Madison the right person to lead to country as tensions rose?
1808: James Monroe vs. Charles Cotesworth Pinckney
Jefferson's second term threatened the stability of his party and set up the War of 1812. Could things have gone differently?
1820 – JAMES MONROE VS NOBODY – THE ERA OF GOOD FEELINGS (OR WAS IT???)
James Monroe shares a distinction with George Washington as the only presidents to run for office unopposed. The Democratic-Republican Party was so dominant (and Americans were feeling so patriotic) that no one challenged Monroe for reelection. BUT there were some deep, deep divisions bubbling under the surface. Issues that are a footnote in this election made the Civil War inevitable, 40 years later.
1816 – JAMES MONROE VS RUFUS KING (kinda)
America’s first declared war was fought almost entirely in James Madison's second term. Would the Republicans look like heroes? Or would they be remembered as the idiots who got us into the country's most boring war?
1808 – JAMES MADISON VS CHARLES COTESWORTH “THIS GUY AGAIN?” PINCKNEY
It's finally time for another election without an incumbent president! The two pillars of American partisanship, Hamilton and Jefferson, were gone. What was next for America?
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