william crawford was a front runter but suffered a debilitating stroke during the presidential race and henry clay didn't like him anyway and this american system i talked about, it's henry clay's idea. john quincy adams supports it early, supports some policies, but they see the way the country needs to develop similarly. so, for personal and political and policy reasons they're a natural fit on this. so they make the deal or don't make the deal but he becomes president. so, from the beginning, before he even takeses of, this is a tainted presidency. jackson got more votes than he did. jackson was a much more popular figure than he was. look what he did. whether or not it ever happened look what he did, and this taint, i think, was part of what the administration had to deal with from the beginning. now, john quincy adams wasn't very good at dealing with this, i should say also. it's worth noting we all think of american politics, two-party system. at this time it was note a two-party system there was only one party. the federalists shot themselves in the head after the war of 1812. on