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In 1833, former President and then Congressman John Quincy Adams ran for Governor of Massachusetts under the Anti-Masonic ticket. He finished with 29%, behind the National Republican (who got 40%), but ahead of the Democrat and Working Men’s nominees (who got 25% and 6%). As no one got a majority, it was brought to the state legislature, but Adams withdrew before a contest began.

But what if Adams won (either by a different system, or by winning in the state legislature)? Would the Anti-Masons be more powerful than IOTL? Could Adams return to the White House in 1836?
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