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 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 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.

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, with 4 states losing 1 seat each, 8 states having no change, and the remaining 12 states gaining between 1 and 6 seats.

Special elections

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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

Louisiana

Maine

Maine held its elections September 9, 1833.

Maryland

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.

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

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

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

See also

• 1832 United States elections
  • List of United States House of Representatives elections (1824–1854)
  • 1832 United States presidential election
  • 1832–33 United States Senate elections
• 22nd United States Congress
• 23rd United States Congress

Notes

References

Bibliography

• Dubin, Michael J. (March 1, 1998). United States Congressional Elections, 1788-1997: The Official Results of the Elections of the 1st Through 105th Congresses. McFarland and Company. ISBN 978-0786402830.
• 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.

External links

• Office of the Historian (Office of Art & Archives, Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)