During the presidential election of this year, the losing candidate was accused of installing gambling tables in the White House, and the winning candidate's wife was accused of being a bigamist due to an unresolved divorce and died during this year; that woman was Rachel Donelson.
This year's elections saw the distribution of a series of pamphlets depicting one candidate stabbing a pedestrian with a sword cane and were called "Coffin Handbills." During the presidential election of this year, the losing candidate was accused of installing gambling tables in the White House, and the winning candidate's wife was accused of being a bigamist due to an unresolved divorce and died during this year; that woman was Rachel Donelson. One (*) tariff named after this year was proposed by Silas Wright was the subject of the "South Carolina Exposition and Protest," which was written by the winning Vice Presidential candidate during this year's election, John Calhoun. That tariff was known as the "Tariff of Abominations" and led to the Nullification Crisis. For 10 points, name this year in which the incumbent National Republican, John Quincy Adams, was defeated by Andrew Jackson.
This year's elections saw the distribution of a series of pamphlets depicting one candidate stabbing a pedestrian with a sword cane and were called "Coffin Handbills."
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