1832–33 United States House of Representatives elections
House elections for the 23rd U.S. Congress
1832–33 United States House of Representatives elections
The 1832–33 United States House of Representatives elections were held on various dates in various states between July 2, 1832, and October 7, 1833. Each state set its own date for its elections to the House of Representatives before the first session of the 23rd United States Congress convened on December 2, 1833. They were held concurrently with the 1832 presidential election , in which Democrat [ c] Andrew Jackson was re-elected. The congressional reapportionment based on the 1830 United States census increased the size of the House to 240 seats.
The Jacksonians[ c] gained 17 seats, picking up several new seats in districts that were created by the reapportionment, with the rival National Republican Party losing three seats.
Economic issues were key factors in this election: Southern agricultural districts reacted angrily to the passage of the Tariff of 1832 , which led to the Nullification Crisis . President Andrew Jackson and the Jacksonians showed a distrust for the banking sector, particularly the central Second Bank of the United States , which was strongly supported by the rival National Republican Party .[ d]
The third-party Anti-Masonic Party , based on anti-Masonry , gained eight seats, and Nullifier Party , a John C. Calhoun -led states' rights party that supported South Carolina in the Nullification Crisis , picked up eight of the nine representatives in South Carolina's delegation .
The House initially elected Andrew Stevenson as Speaker , but he resigned from the House after President Jackson appointed him as U.S. Minister to the United Kingdom : National Republican Representatives subsequently elected John Bell as Speaker over James Polk .
Election summaries
Following the 1830 census , 27 new seats were apportioned ,[ 1] with 4 states losing 1 seat each, 8 states having no change, and the remaining 12 states gaining between 1 and 6 seats.
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63
25
143
9
National Republican
Anti-Masonic
Jacksonian
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State
Type
Date
Total seats
National Republican
Anti-Masonic
Jacksonian
Nullifier
Seats
Change
Seats
Change
Seats
Change
Seats
Change
Seats
Change
Delaware
At-large
November 13, 1832
1
1
0
0
0
Georgia
At-large
October 1, 1832
9
2
0
0
9
2
0
Illinois
Districts
August 6, 1832
3
2
0
0
3
2
0
Louisiana [ e]
Districts
July 2–4, 1832
3
3
0
0
0
Mississippi
At-large
August 6–7, 1832
2
1
0
0
2
1
0
Missouri [ f]
At-large
August 5–6, 1833
2
1
2
1
0
0
0
New Jersey
At-large
November 6, 1832
6
0
6
0
6
6
0
New York
District
November 5–7, 1832
40
6
0
3
8
32
9
0
Ohio
Districts
October 9, 1832
19
5
6
2
2
2
11
5
0
Pennsylvania
Districts
October 9, 1832
28
2
4
2
10
3
14
3
0
Late elections (after the March 4, 1833, beginning of the term)
Alabama
Districts
August 5, 1833
5
2
0
0
4
1
1
1
Connecticut
At-large
April 11, 1833
6
6
0
0
0
Indiana
Districts
August 5, 1833
7
4
1
1
0
6
3
0
Kentucky
Districts
August 5, 1833
13
1
9
5
0
4
4
0
Maine
Districts
September 9, 1833
8
1
1
0
7
1
0
Maryland
Districts
October 7, 1833
8
1
2
3
0
6
2
0
Massachusetts
Districts
April 1, 1833
12
1
9
4
2
2
1
1
0
New Hampshire
At-large
March 12, 1833
5
1
0
0
5
1
0
North Carolina
Districts
August 8, 1833
13
7
5
0
6
5
0
Rhode Island
At-large
August 27, 1833
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
South Carolina
Districts
September 2–3, 1833
9
0
0
1
4
8
4
Tennessee
Districts
August 1–2, 1833
13
4
1
0
12
4
0
Vermont
Districts
January 1, 1833
5
3
2
0
0
Virginia
Districts
April 1833
21
1
7
2
0
14
3
0
Total
240
27
6326.3%
3
2510.4%
8
14359.6%
17
93.8%
5
House seats
Jacksonian
59.58%
National Republican
26.25%
Anti-Masonic
10.42%
Nullifier
3.75%
Special elections
22nd Congress
District
Incumbent
This race
Member
Party
First elected
Results
Candidates
Maryland 6
George Edward Mitchell
Jacksonian
1822 1826 (retired) 1829
Incumbent died June 28, 1832. New member elected October 1, 1832 and seated December 3, 1832. Jacksonian hold.
Virginia 22
Charles Clement Johnston
Jacksonian
1831
Incumbent died June 17, 1832. New member elected in 1832 and seated December 12, 1832. Jacksonian hold.
Vermont 1
Jonathan Hunt
National Republican
1827
Incumbent died May 15, 1832. New member elected January 1, 1833 and seated January 21, 1833. National Republican hold. Winner also elected to the next term; see below .
Fourth ballot (January 1, 1833)
Virginia 18
Philip Doddridge
National Republican
1829
Incumbent died November 19, 1832. New member elected January 1, 1833 and seated January 21, 1833.Jacksonian gain.
▌ Y Joseph Johnson (Jacksonian) 43.1%
▌ Thomas B. Haywood (Unknown) 37.7%
▌ Moses W. Chapline (Unknown) 17.9%
▌ Joseph Jackson (Unknown) 0.8%
▌ [FNU] McFewan (Unknown) 0.6%[ 3]
23rd Congress
District
Incumbent
This race
Member
Party
First elected
Results
Candidates
Virginia 5
John Randolph
Jacksonian
1815 1817 (retired) 1819 1825 (resigned) 1827 1829 (retired) 1833
Incumbent died May 24, 1833. New member elected in August 1833. Jacksonian hold.
Pennsylvania 1
Joel B. Sutherland
Jacksonian
1826
Incumbent member-elect resigned March 3, 1833, to become a judge, but then resigned that position to run for this seat. Incumbent re-elected October 8, 1833.
Alabama
Connecticut
Connecticut kept its apportionment at 6 seats and elected its members at-large April 11, 1833.
Delaware
Georgia
Georgia now had 9 seats, having gained 2 seats in reapportionment, and elected its members at-large on October 1, 1832.
Illinois
Illinois gained two seats in reapportionment and elected its three members on August 6, 1832.
Indiana
Kentucky
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Louisiana
Maine
Maine held its elections September 9, 1833.
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Maryland
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Massachusetts
Elections were held April 1, 1833, after the term began but before the House convened in December 1833. However, at least one district went to several ballots into early 1834.
Mississippi
Elections held early, on August 6, 1832.
Missouri
Missouri elected one member on August 6, 1832, and the other on August 5, 1833.
District
Incumbent
This race
Member
Party
First elected
Results
Candidates[ 6]
Missouri at-large 2 seats
William H. Ashley
Jacksonian
1831
Incumbent re-elected.
First election (August 6, 1832)
Second election (August 5, 1833)
None (new seat)
New seat.National Republican gain.
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York
New York elected its 40 members from November 5 to 7, 1832. It gained seven members from reapportionment. Two members were elected in the 8th, 17th, 22nd, and 23rd districts, while four members were elected in the 3rd district on a general ticket.
North Carolina
Ohio
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Pennsylvania
Following the reapportionment resulting from the 1830 census , Pennsylvania gained two representatives, increasing from 26 to 28, and was redistricted into 25 districts, two of which were plural districts . Pennsylvania elected its members October 9, 1832.
Rhode Island
South Carolina
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Tennessee
Elections held late, from August 1 to August 2, 1833.
Vermont
Vermont elected its members January 1, 1833, but two were elected late in the Spring of 1833. The 4th district 's election in the previous cycle (1830–1831) went to eleven ballots, so its member wasn't elected until the 1832, near the beginning of this cycle (1832–1833).
Virginia
Non-voting delegates
Arkansas Territory
Florida Territory
Michigan Territory
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Notes
^ Not including special election and the few regular elections that went past this date for several ballots
^ a b There are discrepancies among the sources, e.g. Dubin, pg. 108 (and Moore, pg. 956–959) vs. Martis, pg. 92 (and "Party Divisions of the House of Representatives* 1789–Present" . Office of the Historian, House of United States House of Representatives. ): Dubin lists 145 Democrats (or Jacksonians, including 1 Independent Democrat), 60 National Republicans, 24 Anti-Masons, 7 Southern Rights or Nullifiers, and 1 "Unionist", while the latter sources list 143 Jacksonians or Democrats, 63 National Republicans or National Republicans, 25 Anti-Masons, and 9 Nullifiers. Figures used here defer to Martis and the party figures from the Historian of the House.
^ a b By this point, Jacksonians also started to be known as Democrats .
^ By this point, National Republicans were also known as National Republicans .
^ While Dubin (pg. 103) and Moore (pg. 956) indicate that Philemon Thomas of LA-02 was a Democrat/Jeffersonian, Martis (pg. 92) lists Philemon Thomas as a National Republican/Anti-Jeffersonian – figures listed here defer to Martis in this case.
^ Missouri held an election in 1832 for the first seat in its at-large district, and again in 1833 for the second seat in that district.
^ For plural districts, percent is based on assumption that each voter cast as many votes as there are seats
^ Changed parties
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Martis, Kenneth C. (January 1, 1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress, 1789-1989 . Macmillan Publishing Company. ISBN 978-0029201701 .
Moore, John L., ed. (1994). Congressional Quarterly's Guide to U.S. Elections (Third ed.). Congressional Quarterly Inc. ISBN 978-0871879967 .
"Party Divisions of the House of Representatives* 1789–Present" . Office of the Historian, House of United States House of Representatives. Retrieved January 21, 2015 .
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