Today in History – February 9

1825 – After no presidential candidate receives a majority of electoral votes in the election of 1824, the United States House of Representatives elects John Quincy Adams President of the United States.

John Quincy Adams Mansion, Peacefield (Birds Eye)
John Quincy Adams Mansion, Peacefield

1861 – American Civil War: Jefferson Davis is elected the Provisional President of the Confederate States of America by the Confederate convention at Montgomery, Alabama.

The Jefferson Davis Monument (StreetView)
The Jefferson Davis Monument

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