On This Day, 1824: The disputed presidential election was given to the House of Representatives to resolve. There were four candidates —Andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adams, William Crawford and Henry Clay—but none won a majority of electoral votes (required by 12th Amendment)
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Jackson had gotten the most electoral votes but did not have a majority of them; the House eventually gave the presidency to Adams. Jackson got hs revenge in 1828
Jackson had gotten the most electoral votes but did not have a majority of them; the House eventually gave the presidency to Adams. Jackson got hs revenge in 1828
On This Day, 1834: Andrew Jackson said the federal government was once again debt free. In his State of the Union address—delivered by mail to Congress—the president said the Treasury had a surplus on $6.7 million. Jackson hated debt; calling it a curse and a "a moral failing.”
On This Day, 1862: In his State of the Union (delivered by mail to Congress), President Lincoln said the Civil War was a "fiery trial" that America was passing through. He called for giving freedom to slaves and said "the dogmas of the past are inadequate to the stormy present.." 
