Many people think that politics and elections in the United States are the most controversial they've ever been.

History, however, begs to differ.

Perhaps the oddest and most controversial presidential election in American history was the election of 1824.

It is an election that doesn't get a lot of attention given who won and the lack of major issues at stake,

but it is one which more people should be familiar with.

Learn more about the election of 1824

and the end of the era of good feelings

on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. This episode is sponsored by audible.com. My audiobook recommendation for today is

the birth of modern politics Andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adams, and the election of 1828

by Lynn Hudson Parsons. The election of 1828 by Lynn Hudson Parsons.

The election of 1824 set the table for the election of 1828, which ushered in Jacksonian

reforms and a complete change in American politics.

If the election of 1824 was the last election of the old order,

1828 was the first election of a new order.

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To understand the election of 1824, you first have to understand the election of 1820.

In 1820, President James Monroe ran for president and defeated, no one. He ran completely unopposed. He won every state at 98.5% of the electoral

college and didn't get 100% only because one elector from Maine didn't like him.

At this time, the United States was a one-party state.

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