WI: Jackson gets elected in 1824

He beats John Quincy Adams in a rematch in 1828 but by a much larger margin than in 1824. In 1832, Jackson's vice president John C. Calhoun loses to Henry Clay. The whole battle with the bank and nullification is somewhat butterflied out.

Continuing with this timeline, do you see Henry Clay being re-elected?
 
Continuing with this timeline, do you see Henry Clay being re-elected?

It was a Whig principle to only serve one term but if Clay is smart enough to disregard that point his "American System" should be popular enough to secure a second term barring any unforeseen blunders.
 
He beats John Quincy Adams in a rematch in 1828 but by a much larger margin than in 1824.

Why would Adams be the anti-Jackson candidate and not Clay?

In 1832, Jackson's vice president John C. Calhoun loses to Henry Clay.

Calhoun wasn't "Jackson's Vice President". In OTL 1824, he was elected by a very large majority of the same electors who split four ways in Presidential voting.

The whole battle with the bank and nullification is somewhat butterflied out.

Not
"butterflied". The Bank and Nullification disputes were driven by substantive causes that could not be removed by minor changes in circumstances (the flap of a butterfly). There might be substantive changes which pre-empt those disputes, but that's a knock-on, which has to be worked out.
 
Calhoun wasn't "Jackson's Vice President". In OTL 1824, he was elected by a very large majority of the same electors who split four ways in Presidential voting.


True, but in 1828 he sought re-election on Jackson's ticket, and might still do so.

$64,000 question is whether he can avoid falling out with Jackson over nullification. Given that in 1832 Jackson will be retiring, could Calhoun keep his head down at least till safely nominated?
 
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