# 1826 Midterm Elections [[John Quincy Adams]] administration midterm. The 1824 "**Corrupt Bargain**" produced sustained Jacksonian opposition that organized into the emerging **Jacksonian Democratic** coalition. Pro-Jackson forces gained substantial House seats and effectively took control, setting up the 1828 Jackson presidential victory. ## Result - **House:** Jacksonian Democrats gained substantially; pro-Jackson majority of ~119 of 213 seats in the 20th Congress - **Senate:** Jacksonian Democrats gained; achieved narrow majority - **Chambers flipped:** House and Senate effectively shifted to Jacksonian opposition control - **Net change:** Major Jacksonian gains; Adams administration operationally hostile-Congress'd ## Notable - One of the earliest American examples of a **hostile midterm Congress** — Adams's administration was substantially blocked legislatively by the Jackson-aligned majority - The 20th Congress (1827-1829) passed the **Tariff of Abominations** (1828) — a protective-tariff bill Jackson supporters drafted in part to embarrass Adams; Jackson supporters then ran against the resulting tariff in 1828 - [[Henry Clay]] (now Adams's Secretary of State) had departed the Speakership; pro-Jackson Andrew Stevenson elected Speaker ## Connections - [[John Quincy Adams]] — Sitting president; first president to face an actively hostile midterm Congress. - [[Andrew Jackson]] — Out-of-office opposition leader; would win 1828.