Why did andrew jackson lose the election of 1824

The 1824 United States presidential election was the tenth quadrennial presidential election.It was held from Tuesday, October 26 to Wednesday, December 1, 1824. Andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adams, Henry Clay and William Crawford were the primary contenders for the presidency.The result of the election was inconclusive, as no candidate won a majority of the electoral vote.

a phrase from a poem by ralph waldo emerson about the battle of lexington and concord. emerson's words read, “here once the embattled farmers stood / and fired the shot heard round the world.”