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- Four candidates received votes in the Electoral College in 1824, with no candidate attaining a majority. The House of Representative elected John Quincy Adams ' even though Andrew Jackson ' had won a plurality of both the electoral and popular votes in the original election. (en)
- The Democratic-Republican Party intended for Thomas Jefferson ' to be elected president and Aaron Burr ' to be vice president, but they tied in the Electoral College and many Federalists in the House of Representatives voted for Burr in the contingent election due to their opposition to Jefferson. (en)
- While Democratic presidential candidate Martin Van Buren won a majority of the Electoral College, Virginia's electors refused to vote for his running mate Richard Mentor Johnson ', forcing a contingent election in the Senate against Whig candidate Francis Granger '. (en)
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