<P> The United States presidential election of 1824 was the tenth quadrennial presidential election , held from Tuesday , October 26 , to Thursday , December 2 , 1824 . In an election contested by four members of the Democratic - Republican Party , no candidate won a majority of the electoral vote , necessitating a contingent election in the House of Representatives under the provisions of the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution . On February 9 , 1825 , the House of Representatives elected John Quincy Adams as president . The 1824 presidential election was the first election in which the winner of the election lost the popular vote . </P>
who was given authority under the constitution to choose the president in 1824
House of Representatives