SCRUB RACE
\skɹˈʌb ɹˈe͡ɪs], \skɹˈʌb ɹˈeɪs], \s_k_ɹ_ˈʌ_b ɹ_ˈeɪ_s]\
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The Presidential campaign and election of 1824 was termed the "scrub race." The candidates were not nominated by Congressional caucus, as had been the custom. Crawford, of Georgia, was put forward by a quasi-caucus; New England's candidate was John O. Adams; Clay was nominated by Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, Illinois and Ohio; and Andrew Jackson by Tennessee and other States. Jackson received the largest popular vote, but Adams was chosen by the House.
By John Franklin Jameson
