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John Quincy Adams
On This Day: John Quincy Adams Elected President
February 09, 2010 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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