Video: 'The American Presidential Election of 1828'

(Tuesday, December 2, 1828, during the United States presidential election, 1828) — Former Democratic U.S. Senator Andrew Jackson of Tennessee was elected President of the United States today, defeating National Republican incumbent U.S. President John Quincy Adams of Massachusetts.

Jackson and his running mate, incumbent Vice President John C. Calhoun of South Carolina, defeated Adams and his running mate, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Richard Rush of Pennsylvania, 55.97-43.63% in the national popular vote, which would result in a 178-83 victory in the Electoral College.

The election, held from Friday, October 31, to Tuesday, December 2, 1828, featured a re-match of the 1824 election, but unlike in 1824, Jackson defeated Adams, marking the start of Democratic dominance in federal politics.

Adams was the second president to lose re-election, following his father, John Adams.

Jackson and Calhoun would be sworn in for four-year terms on March 4, 1829.