After no candidate receives a majority of <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Electoral_College" id="mwYQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="U.S. Electoral College">electoral votes</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1824_United_States_presidential_election" id="mwYg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1824 United States presidential election">the US presidential election of 1824</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" id="mwYw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="United States House of Representatives">United States House of Representatives</a> elects <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Quincy_Adams" id="mwZA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="John Quincy Adams">John Quincy Adams</a> as sixth <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" id="mwZQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="President of the United States">President of the United States</a> in a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contingent_election" id="mwZg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Contingent election">contingent election</a>.