[95] Adams and Clay met before the contingent election, and Clay agreed to support Adams in the election.[96] Adams also met with Federalists such as Daniel Webster, promising that he would not deny governmental positions to members of their party.[97] On February 9, 1825, Adams won the contingent election on the first ballot, taking 13 of the 24 state delegations. Adams won the House delegations of all the states in which he or Clay had won a majority of the electoral votes, as well as the delegations of Illinois, Louisiana, and Maryland.[96] Adams's victory made him the first child of a president to serve as president himself.[d] After the election, many of Jackson's supporters claimed that Adams and Clay had reached a "Corrupt Bargain" whereby Adams promised Clay the position of Secretary of State in return for Clay's support.[96]

Presidency (1825–1829)
Main article: Presidency of John Quincy Adams
Inauguration
Adams was inaugurated on March 4, 1825, becoming the first son of a former United States president to himself become president, a feat only repeated 176 years later by George W. Bush, son of George H. W. Bush. 