<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1824_United_States_presidential_election" id="mwUQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1824 United States presidential election">United States presidential election</a>: Since no candidate received a majority of the total <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral_College_(United_States)" id="mwUg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Electoral College (United States)">electoral college</a> votes in the election, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" id="mwUw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="United States House of Representatives">United States House of Representatives</a> is given the task of deciding the winner in accordance with the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelfth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution" id="mwVA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution">Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution</a>.