In the year 1824 a presidential election was held. The candidates up for election were Andrew Jackson, John Adams, Henry Clay, and John Calhoun. The main two candidates were Jackson and Adams. This was a very unusual election in that Jackson actually won with the popular votes but lacked the electoral votes needed for office. Henry clay would sway the election either way. This is when the "corrupt bargain" took place. Clay didn't especially like Jackson and Adams was for his American System. Therefore Clay made a deal with Adams that would make him secretary of state as long as he gave all his votes to Adams. This deal went through and Adams was made president and Clay, secretary of state. This made Jackson furious so he worked hard the next four years determined to become the next president.
             The election year 1828 comes and Jackson is ready to step into power. This was the most Democratic election ever. This was the first election to have campaigning and actual ballots. Also there was finally universal white male suffrage. Jackson portrayed himself as a humble man and Adams as part of the upper class to get sympathy votes. He was said to be the "common man." There was no question about the winner this time because Jackson had wont it by a huge margin. He elected Calhoun as his vice president, Martin Van Buren as secretary of state, and John Eaton as secretary of war.
             The inauguration was especially out of the ordinary. Jackson, being wild frontier man, had many wild frontier friends. They all decided to ride their horses to the White House for his inauguration. This was a huge mess. They were not neat and elegant about anything and many people looked at this at assumed that Jackson's term would be disastrous.
             When Jackson steps into office he decides to change a few things like any president would probably do. He starts with the Spoil System. This is where Jackson can give away any government...