Presidential elections were held in the United States from October 31 to December 2, 1828. Just as in the 1824 election, President John Quincy Adams of the National Republican Party faced Andrew Jacks
Unsuccessful 1824
John Quincy Adams, the incumbent president in 1828, whose term expired on March 4, 1829
"Gen. Jackson's negro speculations and his traffic in human flesh, examined and established with positive proof" (1828) surfaced the issue of Andrew Jackson and the slave trade in the United States
In the United States, a contingent election is used to elect the president or vice president if no candidate receives a majority in the Electoral College. A presidential contingent election is decided
Thomas Jefferson by Rembrandt Peale, 1800
John Vanderlyn Official Portrait of Vice President Aaron Burr