Four candidates were in the field for the presidency at this election. Missouri having been admitted since the ninth election there were 24 States to vote. The whole number of electors was 261; necessary to a choice, 131. The candidates and votes were as follows: Andrew Jackson 99 John Quincy Adams 84 Wm. H. Crawford 41 Henry Clay 31 By the Constitution the House of Representatives was required to select the President from the 3 candidates having the highest number of votes. They were to vote by States, and a majority of States would elect. J. Q. Adams received the vote of 13 States, and was declared elected. John C. Calhoun having received 182 electoral votes for the Vice-Presidency, was thereby elected to that office. 18 of the States appointed the electors by popular vote and 6 appointed them by their legislatures. THE ELEVENTH ELECTION, 1828. Andrew Jackson was elected President, and John C. Calhoun re-elected Vice-President. John Quincy Adams and Richard Rush were also candidates for President and Vice-President, respectively. The contest was very hot and bitter. Jackson received 178, and Adams 171 electoral votes. The Popular vote was 650,028 for Jackson to 512,158 for Adams. The number of electors was the same as in the 10th election. The most violent excitement divided the north and the south on the tariff question, which culminated during this term in the “nullification ordinance,” which Jackson met with the decision and vigor for which he was distinguished, ending in the submission of the nullifiers. Calhoun resigned his office as Vice-President, Dec. 28th, 1832. He was the leader of the nullifiers. THE TWELFTH ELECTION, 1832. Jackson’s vigorous dealing with nullification was highly approved by the people, and he was re-elected, with Martin Van Buren as Vice-President. Henry Clay was the candidate of the Whig party for President, and John Sergeant for Vice-President. Jackson received 682,502 popular, and 219 electoral votes. Clay ” 550,189 ” 49 ” ------- ---- Jackson’s majority 132,313 170 Van Buren received 189 electoral votes for Vice-President. Twenty-four States voted at this election. THE THIRTEENTH ELECTION, 1836. Van Buren was run, by the Democrats, for the Presidency, and Richard M. Johnson for the Vice-Presidency, against Wm. H. Harrison, Hugh L. White, Daniel Webster, and W. P. Mangum. Van Buren’s vote was 762,149 popular, and 170 electoral. Harrison and the others united was 736,736 popular, and 124 electoral. The whole number of electors being 294, the number necessary to a choice was 148. Johnson failed by one electoral vote to be elected to the Vice-Presidency, and the case went to the Senate for decision, as directed by the Constitution. The remaining electoral votes for Vice-President being divided between 3 candidates, Johnson was appointed by the Senate.