1832–33 United States House of Representatives elections
House elections for the 23rd U.S. Congress
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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.
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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).