John Quincy Adams Elected by the US House of Representatives.
John Quincy Adams – elected by the US House of Representatives –
February 9, 1825!
On February 8th, I posted about the election of Richard Johnson as the ninth Vice President of th US, which occurred on that day in 1837. It is the only time that a Vice President was elected by the US House of Representatives under the provisions of the 12th Amendment to the US Constitution. On the next day February 9th, twelve years earlier in 1825, John Quincy Adams was elected President in a similar manner. At the end of the voting for President in 1824, no candidate received a majority of the electoral votes, so the Us House of Representatives voted to decide the election.
