Henry Clay loathed Jackson, which lead to Adams being elected as President. A …show more content…
In preliminary to the presidential election, the Jacksonians strengthened their party in the Congress during the 1826 Congressional elections. Jackson’s partner, Andrew Stevenson, was elected as the new Speaker of the House of Representatives instead of Adams partner Speaker John W. Taylor.
After the inauguration of John Quincy Adams in 1825, the Tennessee legislature reelected Jackson for president, a rerun for both sides. Jackson accepted the compulsory vice president John C. Calhoun as his partner. Jackson's sponsors declared themselves Democrats, highlighting the growth of Jefferson's Democratic Party.
President John Quincy Adams was reelected on the approval of state legislatures and guerilla rallies. Adams undertook Richard Rush of Pennsylvania as his vice-presidential ally. Adams sponsors declared themselves as the Republican Party. The campaign was seen downfall. Jackson's wife Rachel, was previously divorced. They thought that she was divorced but the divorce was not official, so he had to remarry her once the legal papers were complete. Charles Hammond in his Cincinnati Gazette asked: “Ought a convicted adulteress and her paramour husband be placed in the highest offices of this free and Christian