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 Andrew Jackson was reelected. 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.

+ ↓ 63 25 143 9 National Republican Anti-Masonic Jacksonian

State Type Date Totalseats 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 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 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 63 3 25 8 143 17 9 5

Special elections

22nd Congress

Fourth ballot

23rd Congress

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.

| colspan=3 | None (new seat) | | New seat.Jacksonian gain.

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.

Third ballot

Eighth ballot

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.

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1832–33 United States House of Representatives elections

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