... effect on Adams' administration (Garraty 237). Five candidates had sought the presidency in 1824, backed not by parties as such but by various state caucuses and coalitions. John Quincy Adams, William Crawford, Henry Clay, John C. Calhoun, and Andrew Jackson all had their hats in the ring, although Calhoun dropped out and Crawford became ill. Thus it became a three-man race, and ... ...

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... gave the turnpike, canal and railroad companies the privileges and immunities that made them attractive to private investors ( Murrin, 324-326). In the election of 1824 the major candidate were: William H. Crawford ( elected by the Republican Congressional Caucus), John Quincy Adams ( son of a Federalist president), Henry Clay ( a Nationalist with a hand in the American System), and Andrew Jackson ( a wild card from Tennessee ... ...

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