In a re-match of the 1824 presidential election, Democratic General Andrew Jackson won a large victory over incumbent National Republican President John Quincy Adams.

Jackson was the first successful presidential candidate who had not served as secretary of state or vice president in the preceding administration (aside from George Washington).

Jackson's election as president marked the start of Jacksonian democracy, and an ongoing expansion in right to vote saw a dramatic increase in the size of the electorate.

The Anti-Masonic Party won a small number of seats, gaining representation in Congress for the first time.

[7] In the Senate, opponents of Jackson won minor gains, but Democrats retained control of the chamber.