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Presidential Election of 1824: A Resource Guide

Digital Collections

The digital collections of the Library of Congress contain a wide variety of primary source materials related to the presidential election of 1824, including manuscripts, letters, government documents, printed ephemera, campaign literature, and newspaper articles. Provided below is a link to the home page for each relevant digital collection along with selected highlights.

Congressional Publications

The Register of Debates from the 18th Congress (1823-25) is available in PDF on the Congress.gov website.

Links to specific pages in the Register of Debates can be found on HathiTrust External on the following dates:

Andrew Jackson Papers

Selected highlights from this collection:

Historic Newspapers

Selected articles related to the 1824 presidential election:

James Madison Papers

Selected highlights from this collection:

Printed Ephemera

Selected highlights from this collection:

Prints & Photographs Division

Images from the 1824 presidential election:

Rare Book

Selected highlight from this collection:

Selected Digitized Books

Selected highlight from this collection:

Words and Deeds in American History