Adams, John Quincy, as Sixth President-Elect

Letter signed ("John Quincy Adams"), 1 page (9 ¾ x 8 in.; 248 x 204 mm), Washington, 12 February 1825, to Ethan Allen Brown, asking him to request that the governor of Ohio fill the expected vacancy of their second Senate seat; formerly folded, tiny tears at edges of folds, some soiling.

Letter signed ("John Quincy Adams"), 1 page (9 ¾ x 8 in.; 248 x 204 mm), Washington, 12 February 1825, to Ethan Allen Brown, asking him to request that the governor of Ohio fill the expected vacancy of their second Senate seat; formerly folded, tiny tears at edges of folds, some soiling.
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The Secretary of State (and President-Elect) invites the new senator of Ohio to his own inauguration.This letter was originally accompanied by a circular letter calling the Senate into session.

In the presidential election of 1824, John Quincy Adams was elected President on 9 February 1825 after the election was thrown into the House of Representatives. In this election, the Democratic-Republican Party splintered as four separate candidates sought the presidency. The faction led by Andrew Jackson would evolve into the Democratic Party, while the factions led by John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay would become the National Republican Party and later the Whig Party.

This election is the only time since the passage of the Twelfth Amendment in which the presidential election was thrown into the House of Representatives, as no candidate received a majority of the electoral vote. This presidential election was also the only one in which the candidate receiving the most electoral votes did not become president (because a majority, not just a plurality, is required to win).

The circular letter calling the Senate into session, was intended for William Henry Harrison, who had finally won a Senate seat after four years of unsuccessful political campaigns.