Adams Presidental

In a controversial presidental election decided by the house of reprsentatives, John Quincy Adams defeated….

a. Henry Clay.
b. James Monroe.
c. Martin Van Buren.
d. John Quincy Adams.

Is this a trick question?

The electoral votes were:

Jackson 153,544
Adams 108,740
Crawford 46,618
Clay 47,136

In accordance with Article XII of the Constitution, only the top 3 vote getters qualify. Therefore, Clay was removed from the list of candidates.

Clay subsequently put out the word that he was supporting Adams and with those additional votes in hand Adams defeated JACKSON.

(As a note, Crawford dropped out of the running citing health reasons.)

However, since the list of possible answers includes only one person who actually RAN in the election, I would select a.) Henry Clay

Part 1: Gerry Adams Presidential Address Ard Fheis 2009