Presidential election of 1828
1828 presidential election results
Andrew Jackson (Democratic) and running mate John C. Calhoun won with 178 electoral votes and 56.1% of the popular vote.
| Candidate | Running mate | Party | Electoral votes | Popular vote | Share | States won |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Jackson Won | John C. Calhoun | Democratic | 178 | 642,553 | 56.10% | 14 |
| John Quincy Adams | Richard Rush | National-Republican | 83 | 500,897 | 43.60% | 8 |
| Total popular votes counted | 1,148,018 | |||||
Electoral College map
Full-screen mapMargin:<55–1010–2020+points. Grey: no popular vote / no data.
Results by state
Download CSV| State | Andrew Jackson | John Quincy Adams | Margin | EV | Total votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 89.9% 5 | 10.1% | 79.8 | 5 | 18,618 |
| Connecticut | 23.0% | 71.4% 8 | 48.4 | 8 | 19,378 |
| Delaware | 3 electors chosen by state legislature and awarded to John Quincy Adams | — | — | — | |
| Georgia | 96.8% 9 | 3.2% | 93.6 | 9 | 20,004 |
| Illinois | 67.2% 3 | 32.8% | 34.4 | 3 | 14,222 |
| Indiana | 56.6% 5 | 43.4% | 13.2 | 5 | 39,210 |
| Kentucky | 55.5% 14 | 44.5% | 11.1 | 14 | 70,776 |
| Louisiana | 53.0% 5 | 47.0% | 6.0 | 5 | 8,687 |
| Maine | 40.0% 1 | 59.7% 8 | 19.7 | 9 | 34,789 |
| Maryland | 49.7% 5 | 50.3% 6 | 0.5 | 11 | 45,796 |
| Massachusetts | 15.4% | 76.4% 15 | 61.0 | 15 | 39,074 |
| Mississippi | 81.1% 3 | 18.9% | 62.1 | 3 | 8,344 |
| Missouri | 70.6% 3 | 29.4% | 41.3 | 3 | 11,654 |
| New Hampshire | 45.9% | 54.1% 8 | 8.2 | 8 | 44,035 |
| New Jersey | 47.9% | 52.1% 8 | 4.3 | 8 | 45,570 |
| New York | 51.4% 20 | 48.6% 16 | 2.9 | 36 | 270,975 |
| North Carolina | 73.1% 15 | 26.9% | 46.2 | 15 | 51,747 |
| Ohio | 51.6% 16 | 48.4% | 3.2 | 16 | 131,049 |
| Pennsylvania | 66.7% 28 | 33.3% | 33.3 | 28 | 152,220 |
| Rhode Island | 22.9% | 77.0% 4 | 54.1 | 4 | 3,580 |
| South Carolina | 11 electors chosen by state legislature and awarded to Andrew Jackson | — | — | — | |
| Tennessee | 95.2% 11 | 4.8% | 90.4 | 11 | 46,533 |
| Vermont | 25.4% | 74.2% 7 | 48.8 | 7 | 32,833 |
| Virginia | 69.0% 24 | 31.0% | 38.0 | 24 | 38,924 |
Shares are of the votes counted for president; bold numbers are electoral votes won. Margin is the winner’s lead over the runner-up in points.
Closest states in 1828
- Maryland John Quincy Adams by 232 votes (0.51 pts)
- New York Andrew Jackson by 7,849 votes (2.90 pts)
- Ohio Andrew Jackson by 4,143 votes (3.16 pts)
- New Jersey John Quincy Adams by 1,944 votes (4.27 pts)
- Louisiana Andrew Jackson by 523 votes (6.02 pts)
- New Hampshire John Quincy Adams by 3,611 votes (8.20 pts)
- Kentucky Andrew Jackson by 7,840 votes (11.08 pts)
- Indiana Andrew Jackson by 5,192 votes (13.24 pts)
Flipped since 1824
- Alabama: Democratic-Republican → Democratic (5 EV)
- Connecticut: Democratic-Republican → National-Republican (8 EV)
- Illinois: Democratic-Republican → Democratic (3 EV)
- Indiana: Democratic-Republican → Democratic (5 EV)
- Kentucky: Democratic-Republican → Democratic (14 EV)
- Maine: Democratic-Republican → National-Republican (9 EV)
- Maryland: Democratic-Republican → National-Republican (11 EV)
- Massachusetts: Democratic-Republican → National-Republican (15 EV)
- Mississippi: Democratic-Republican → Democratic (3 EV)
- Missouri: Democratic-Republican → Democratic (3 EV)
- New Hampshire: Democratic-Republican → National-Republican (8 EV)
- New Jersey: Democratic-Republican → National-Republican (8 EV)
- North Carolina: Democratic-Republican → Democratic (15 EV)
- Ohio: Democratic-Republican → Democratic (16 EV)
- Pennsylvania: Democratic-Republican → Democratic (28 EV)
- Rhode Island: Democratic-Republican → National-Republican (4 EV)
- Tennessee: Democratic-Republican → Democratic (11 EV)
- Virginia: Democratic-Republican → Democratic (24 EV)
Why the state electoral votes do not add up to the national total
In 1828 some states had no popular vote; their electors were chosen another way, so their electoral votes appear only in these notes:
- Delaware: 3 electors chosen by state legislature and awarded to John Quincy Adams
- South Carolina: 11 electors chosen by state legislature and awarded to Andrew Jackson
Source: 1828
Questions and answers
Who won the 1828 presidential election?
Andrew Jackson (Democratic) won the 1828 election with 178 electoral votes, with John C. Calhoun as vice president.
How many electoral votes did each candidate win in 1828?
Andrew Jackson 178; John Quincy Adams 83 (out of 261).
Who won the popular vote in 1828?
Andrew Jackson received the most popular votes: 642,553 (56.1%) of 1,148,018 counted.
What was the closest state in 1828?
Maryland, which John Quincy Adams won by 232 votes (0.51 points).
Which states flipped in 1828?
Compared with 1824, 18 states changed party: Alabama (to Democratic), Connecticut (to National-Republican), Illinois (to Democratic), Indiana (to Democratic), Kentucky (to Democratic), Maine (to National-Republican), Maryland (to National-Republican), Massachusetts (to National-Republican), Mississippi (to Democratic), Missouri (to Democratic), New Hampshire (to National-Republican), New Jersey (to National-Republican), North Carolina (to Democratic), Ohio (to Democratic), Pennsylvania (to Democratic), Rhode Island (to National-Republican), Tennessee (to Democratic) and Virginia (to Democratic).
Official results As published by The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara) and the state documents it links. How we use this data