The Jackson Era Statistics
By the Numbers
Presidential Elections
Number of voters in the 1828 presidential election: 1,155,3401
Number of voters in the 1824 presidential election: 361,1202
1824 Presidential Election
Number of popular votes received by John Quincy Adams: 114,023
Number of Electoral College votes received by John Quincy Adams: 84
Number of popular votes received by Andrew Jackson: 152,901
Number of Electoral College votes received by Andrew Jackson: 99
Final vote in the House of Representatives: John Quincy Adams 13, Andrew Jackson 73
Native American Policy
Number of Cherokees forced to march from Georgia to present-day Oklahoma on the Trail of Tears: 16,000
Number who died en route: 4,000
Total number of Native Americans removed or scheduled for removal from eastern lands during Jackson's administration: 90,000