The Daily Miscellany Times

'Old Hickory' wins election for US President   
December 3, 1828

On December 3,  1828 Andrew Jackson won the election for president of the US. He defeated John Quincy Adams. In the previous election of 1924, there was no clear winner.  Andrew Jackson actually had more popular votes than any of the other 4 candidates. He did not, however, have a majority. The presidential election was turned over to the House of Representatives when a deadlock developed between John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson, William H. Crawford and Henry Clay. Henry Clay gave his votes to Adams and the House selected John Quincy Adams as the 6th president.

Andrew Jackson was the first president of the United States that was born in poverty. He was the first president to be elected from the frontier. He was the first to be called the "people's president." He was born in a log cabin. He was the first to found a modern political party. He is one of 5 presidents who died in poverty. (The other 4 would make another good topic for this area - don't you think.) 

Sources: Panati's Extraordinary Endings of Practically Everything and Everybody, Comptons Encyclopedia, A Treasury of Whitehouse Tales