In 1824, none of the candidates for president won a majority of votes in the electoral congress. This caused the House of Representatives to decide the issue, and they elected John Quincy Adams, Feb. 9, 1825. This is the only election after the 12th Amendment where this happened. And you thought the Bush-Gore election dispute was tense!
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Author: Jimmy Akin
Jimmy was born in Texas, grew up nominally Protestant, but at age 20 experienced a profound conversion to Christ. Planning on becoming a Protestant seminary professor, he started an intensive study of the Bible. But the more he immersed himself in Scripture the more he found to support the Catholic faith, and in 1992 he entered the Catholic Church. His conversion story, "A Triumph and a Tragedy," is published in Surprised by Truth. Besides being an author, Jimmy is the Senior Apologist at Catholic Answers, a contributing editor to Catholic Answers Magazine, and a weekly guest on "Catholic Answers Live."
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