1828 presidential election map and results

Andrew Jackson defeated incumbent John Quincy Adams 178–83 in the Electoral College. A majority was 131 of 261 electoral votes.

Candidates

Candidate	Party	Electoral votes	Popular vote	%
Andrew Jackson ✓	Democratic	178	642,553	56.0%
John Quincy Adams	National Republican	83	500,897	43.6%

Popular-vote totals add up the states with recorded votes; some states chose electors through their legislatures in this era.

State	Won by	Electoral votes	Winner %	Margin (pts)
Alabama	Andrew Jackson	5	89.9%	79.8
Connecticut	John Quincy Adams	8	71.4%	48.4
Delaware *	John Quincy Adams	3	—	—
Georgia	Andrew Jackson	9	96.8%	93.6
Illinois	Andrew Jackson	3	67.2%	34.4
Indiana	Andrew Jackson	5	56.6%	13.2
Kentucky	Andrew Jackson	14	55.5%	11.1
Louisiana	Andrew Jackson	5	53.0%	6.0
Maine	John Quincy Adams	Adams 8, Jackson 1	59.7%	19.7
Maryland	John Quincy Adams	Adams 6, Jackson 5	50.3%	0.5
Massachusetts	John Quincy Adams	15	76.4%	61.0
Mississippi	Andrew Jackson	3	81.1%	62.1
Missouri	Andrew Jackson	3	70.6%	41.3
New Hampshire	John Quincy Adams	8	54.1%	8.2
New Jersey	John Quincy Adams	8	52.1%	4.3
New York	Andrew Jackson	Jackson 20, Adams 16	51.4%	2.9
North Carolina	Andrew Jackson	15	73.1%	46.2
Ohio	Andrew Jackson	16	51.6%	3.2
Pennsylvania	Andrew Jackson	28	66.7%	33.3
Rhode Island	John Quincy Adams	4	77.0%	54.1
South Carolina *	Andrew Jackson	11	—	—
Tennessee	Andrew Jackson	11	95.2%	90.4
Vermont	John Quincy Adams	7	74.2%	48.8
Virginia	Andrew Jackson	24	69.0%	38.0

Delaware: This state's electors were chosen by the state legislature.
South Carolina: This state's electors were chosen by the state legislature.
District of Columbia: The District of Columbia did not receive presidential electors until the 23rd Amendment.