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…showed last 75 words of 749 total…of Representatives in preference to Andrew Jackson and William H. Crawford following the inconclusive one-party election of 1824. In the popular contest Jackson had received the greatest number of votes both at the polls and in the state Electoral Collegesbut lacked a constitutional majority. This almost exactly sums up his presidency, it was good, but there were always catches. His political life as a whole though was excellent, possibly one of the greatest of all time.