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On This Day: House Elects John Quincy Adams President

February 09, 2012 06:00 AM
by findingDulcinea Staff
On Feb. 9, 1825, the House of Representatives voted John Quincy Adams president of the United States. He had lost both the popular vote and the electoral college vote to Andrew Jackson.
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