according to History. In the middle of the night before the inauguration was scheduled to start, Adams departed Washington, D.C.
and started his post-presidential life.There was some bad blood between incumbent president John Quincy Adams and challenger Andrew Jackson, which stemmed from a controversial ending to the 1824 election that involved both men.Jackson won the most electoral votes in a four-person race that included Adams and Speaker of the House Henry Clay, but Jackson didn’t win the number of votes required for election.The election was then decided by the House of Representatives, which voted in Adams.
After being inaugurated, Adams appointed Clay as his Secretary of State, bringing forth corruption allegations by Jackson.Four.