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both Carolinas, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, and 

 Indiana, with 7 from Maryland, i from New York, 3 

 from Louisiana, and 2 from Illinois. All of Craw- 

 ford's 41 electoral votes were from the original sea- 

 board states. Of Adams's 84 votes, all but 3 were 

 from the same quarter. Of Clay's 37, all but 4 were 

 from the West. To Jackson's 99 the West contributed 

 29, the East 70. If Jackson could have had Clay's 

 Western vote in addition to his own, it would have 

 made 132, which was one more than the number nec- 

 essary for a choice. The power of the West was thus 

 distinctly shown for the first time in a national elec- 

 tion. As none of the candidates had a majority, it 

 was left for the House of Representatives to choose a 

 President from the three names highest on the list, in 

 accordance with the twelfth amendment to the Consti- 

 tution. Clay was thus rendered ineligible, and there 

 was naturally some scheming among the friends of the 

 other candidates to secure his powerful cooperation. 

 Clay's feeling toward Adams had for some time been 

 unfriendly, but on the other hand there was no love 

 lost between Jackson and Clay, and the latter was of 

 course sincere in his opinion that Adams was a states- 

 man and Jackson nothing but a soldier. It was not in 

 the least strange, under the circumstances, that Clay 

 should throw his influence in favour of Adams. It 

 would have been strange if he had not done so. The 

 result was that when in the House the vote was taken 

 by states, there were 1 3 for Adams, 7 for Jackson, and 

 4 for Crawford. Adams thus became President, and 

 Jackson's friends, in their bitter disappointment, hun- 

 gered for a "grievance " upon which they might vent 

 their displeasure, and which might serve as a " rally- 



