Federalist leader Alexander Hamilton was a long-time foe of Jefferson but he deeply distrusted Burr.
In 1824, political parties were very weak, and the voters had the choice of four candidates: Andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adams, William H. Crawford, and Henry Clay.
To a friend, Clay explained that Jackson's militarism threatened American democracy:"As a friend of Liberty, and to the permanence of our institutions, I cannot consent…by contributing to the election of a military chieftain, to give the strongest guarantee that this republic will march in the fatal road which has conducted every other republic to ruin.
"[6]Jackson was livid: "The Judas of the West has closed the contract and will receive the thirty pieces of silver.
"[9][10][11] In 1876, Republican Rutherford B. Hayes was awarded the White House by a partisan special Congressional commission.
Although it is not disputed that Democrat Samuel J. Tilden outpolled Hayes in the popular vote, there were wide allegations of electoral fraud, election violence, and other disfranchisement of predominantly Republican Black voters.
The Republican National Committee, dominated by the Taft forces, awarded 235 delegates to the president and 19 to Roosevelt, thereby ensuring Taft's renomination....Firm in his conviction that the nomination was being stolen from him, Roosevelt....told cheering supporters that there was "a great moral issue" at stake...."Fearless of the future; unheeding of our individual fates; with unflinching hearts and undimmed eyes; we stand at Armageddon, and we battle for the Lord!
The final returns showed that Republican George W. Bush had won Florida by 537 votes out of six million cast.
Democrat Al Gore was allowed by state law to demand recounts in selected counties.
[28][29][30] These challenges included an appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States, which declined to hear argument regarding three petitions brought by the Trump campaign.
[32] With no way to prove that the voting machines' programming was dubious or inconsistent, President Trump was unable to gain any traction in a legal battle against them.
On April 18, 2023, Dominion Voting Systems and Fox News announced a settlement in that case worth $787,500,000.