United States House of Representatives elections, 1832
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Elections to the United States House of Representatives were held in 1832. They were held concurrently with the 1832 presidential election, in which Jacksonian Andrew Jackson was reelected.
The Jacksonians gained 17 seats, picking up several new seats in districts that were created following the 1830 Census; the rival Anti-Jacksonian Party lost a net total of three seats. Economic issues were key factors in this election. Southern agricultural districts reacted angrily to 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 Anti-Jacksonian Party.
The third party Anti-Masonic Party, based on anti-Masonry, gained eight seats, and Nullifier Party, a John C. Calhoun-led state's rights party that supported South Carolina in the Nullification Crisis, picked up five seats, including all but one of the nine representatives in the South Carolina delegation.
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.
| 143 | 9 | 25 | 63 |
| Jacksonian | N | AM | Anti-Jacksonian |
| State | Type | Date | Total seats |
Jacksonian | Anti-Jacksonian | Anti-Masonic | Nullifier | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seats | Change | Seats | Change | Seats | Change | Seats | Change | Seats | Change | |||
| Delaware | At-large | November 13, 1832 | 1 |  |
0 | |
1 | |
0 | |
0 | |
| Georgia | At-large | October 1, 1832 | 9 |  2 |
9 | 2 |
0 | |
0 | |
0 | |
| Illinois | District[Note 4] (3) | August 6, 1832 | 3 | 2 |
3 | 2 |
0 | |
0 | |
0 | |
| Louisiana[Note 5] | District (3) | July 2–4, 1832 | 3 | |
0 | |
3 | |
0 | |
0 | |
| Mississippi | At-large | August 6–7, 1832 | 2 | 1 |
2 | 1 |
0 | |
0 | |
0 | |
| Missouri[Note 6] | At-large | August 6, 1832 August 5, 1833 |
2 | 1 |
0 | |
2 | 1 |
0 | |
0 | |
| New Jersey | At-large | November 6, 1832 | 6 | |
6 | 6 |
0 |  6 |
0 | |
0 | |
| New York | District (33[Note 7]) | November 5–7, 1832 | 40 | 6 |
32 | 9 |
0 | 3 |
8 | |
0 | |
| Ohio | District (19) | October 9, 1832 | 19 | 5 |
11 | 5 |
6 | 2 |
2 | 2 |
0 | |
| Pennsylvania | District (25[Note 8]) | October 9, 1832 | 28 | 2 |
14 | 3 |
4 | 2 |
10 | 3 |
0 | |
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| Alabama | District (5) | August 5, 1833 | 5 | 2 |
4 | 1 |
0 | |
0 | |
1 | 1 |
| Connecticut | At-large | April 11, 1833 | 6 | |
0 | |
6 | |
0 | |
0 | |
| Indiana | District (7) | August 5, 1833 | 7 | 4 |
6 | 3 |
1 | 1 |
0 | |
0 | |
| Kentucky | District (13) | August 5, 1833 | 13 | 1 |
4 | 4 |
9 | 5 |
0 | |
0 | |
| Maine | District (8) | September 9, 1833 | 8 | 1 |
7 | 1 |
1 | |
0 | |
0 | |
| Maryland | District (8) | October 7, 1833 | 8 | 1 |
6 | 2 |
2 | 3 |
0 | |
0 | |
| Massachusetts | District (12) | April 1, 1833 | 12 | 1 |
1 | 1 |
9 | 4 |
2 | 2 |
0 | |
| New Hampshire | At-large | March 12, 1833 | 5 | 1 |
5 | 1 |
0 | |
0 | |
0 | |
| North Carolina | District (13) | August 8, 1833 | 13 | |
6 | 5 |
7 | 5 |
0 | |
0 | |
| Rhode Island | At-large | August 27, 1833 | 2 | |
0 | |
1 | 1 |
1 | 1 |
0 | |
| South Carolina | District (9) | September 2–3, 1833 | 9 | |
1 | 4 |
0 | |
0 | |
8 | 4 |
| Tennessee | District (13) | August 1–2, 1833 | 13 | 4 |
12 | 4 |
1 | |
0 | |
0 | |
| Vermont | District (5) | January 1, 1833 | 5 | |
0 | |
3 | |
2 | |
0 | |
| Virginia | District (21) | April, 1833 | 21 | 1 |
14 | 3 |
7 | 2 |
0 | |
0 | |
| Total | 240 | 27 |
143 59.6% |
17 |
63 26.3% |
3 |
25 10.4% |
8 |
9 3.8% |
5 | ||
Complete returns
Pennsylvania
Following the reapportionment resulting from the Fifth Census, Pennsylvania gained two representatives, increasing from 26 to 28, and was redistricted into 25 districts, two of which were plural districts
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates[2][Note 9] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania 1 | Joel B. Sutherland | Jacksonian | 1826 | Re-elected | Joel B. Sutherland (J) 50.0% James Gowen (AJ) 40.5% Samuel B. Davis (J) 9.5% |
| Pennsylvania 2 Plural district with 2 seats |
Henry Horn | Jacksonian | 1830 | Lost re-election Anti-Jacksonian gain |
Horace Binney (AJ) 62.9% James Harper (AJ) 59.9% Benjamin Richards (J) 39.8% Henry Horn (J) 37.4% |
| None (Seat created) | New seat Anti-Jacksonian gain | ||||
| Pennsylvania 3 | John G. Watmough | Anti-Jacksonian | 1830 | Re-elected | John G. Watmough (AJ) 53.7% Jesse R. Burden (J) 34.4% Mahon M. Lewis (J) 11.9% |
| Pennsylvania 4 Plural district with 3 seats |
William Hiester | Anti-Masonic | 1830 | Re-elected | William Hiester (AM) 58.5% David Potts, Jr. (AM) 58.4%% Edward Darlington (AM) 58.3% Frederick Hambright (J) 41.7% John Morgan (J) 41.6% Henry Myers (J) 41.5% |
| Joshua Evans, Jr. | Jacksonian | 1828 | Retired Anti-Masonic gain | ||
| David Potts, Jr. | Anti-Masonic | 1830 | Re-elected | ||
| Pennsylvania 5 | Joel K. Mann | Jacksonian | 1830 | Re-elected | Joel K. Mann (J) 54.5% Benjamin Reiff (AM) 45.5% |
| Pennsylvania 6 | None (District created) | New seat Jacksonian gain |
Robert Ramsey (J) 43.9% Mathias Morris (AJ) 38.6% Thomas Ross (AM) 17.5% | ||
| Pennsylvania 7 | Peter Ihrie, Jr. Redistricted from the 8th district |
Jacksonian | 1829 (special) | Lost re-election Jacksonian hold |
David D. Wagener (J) 58.3% Peter Ihrie, Jr. (AM[Note 10]) 34.7% Owen Rice 6.9% |
| Pennsylvania 8 | Henry King Redistricted from the 7th district |
Jacksonian | 1830 | Re-elected | Henry King (J) 54.3% William Audenreid (AM) 45.7% |
| Pennsylvania 9 | Henry A. P. Muhlenberg Redistricted from the 7th district |
Jacksonian | 1828 | Re-elected | Henry A. P. Muhlenberg (J) 57.1% David Hollenstein (AM) 42.9% |
| Pennsylvania 10 | John C. Bucher Redistricted from the 6th district |
Jacksonian | 1830 | Lost re-election Anti-Masonic gain |
William Clark (AM) 60.7% John C. Bucher (J) 39.3% |
| Pennsylvania 11 | Adam King Redistricted from the 10th district |
Jacksonian | 1826 | Lost re-election Anti-Masonic gain |
Charles A. Barnitz (AM) 51.9% Adam King (J) 48.1% |
| Pennsylvania 12 | Thomas H. Crawford Redistricted from the 11th district |
Jacksonian | 1828 | Lost re-election Anti-Masonic gain |
George Chambers (AM) 55.6% Thomas H. Crawford (J) 44.4% |
| Pennsylvania 13 | None (District created) | New seat Jacksonian gain |
Jesse Miller (J) 53.8% Thomas Whiteside (AM) 46.2% | ||
| Pennsylvania 14 | None (District created) | New seat Jacksonian gain |
Joseph Henderson (J) 52.9% James Milliken (AM) 47.1% | ||
| Pennsylvania 15 | None (District created) | New seat Jacksonian gain |
Andrew Beaumont (J) 34.8% Thomas W. Miner (AM/AJ) 33.3% James McClintock (Ind. Jack.) 31.9% | ||
| Pennsylvania 16 | None (District created) | New seat Jacksonian gain |
Joseph B. Anthony (J) 58.1% Ner Middleswarth (AM) 41.9% | ||
| Pennsylvania 17 | None (District created) | New seat Jacksonian gain |
John Laporte (J) 60.3% Simon Kinney (AM) 39.7% | ||
| Pennsylvania 18 | George Burd Redistricted from the 13th district |
Anti-Jacksonian | 1830 | Re-elected | George Burd (AJ) 52.0% David Mann (AM) 48.0% |
| Pennsylvania 19 | Richard Coulter Redistricted from the 17th district |
Jacksonian | 1826 | Re-elected | Richard Coulter (J) 100% |
| Pennsylvania 20 | Andrew Stewart Redistricted from the 14th district |
Anti-Masonic | 1820 1830 |
Re-elected | Andrew Stewart (AM) 51.8% William G. Hawkins (J) 48.8% |
| Pennsylvania 21 | Thomas M. T. McKennan Redistricted from the 15th district |
Anti-Masonic | 1830 | Re-elected | Thomas M. T. McKennan (AM) 56.1% William McCreery (J) 43.9% |
| Pennsylvania 22 | Harmar Denny Redistricted from the 16th district |
Anti-Masonic | 1829 (special) | Re-elected | Harmar Denny (AM) 61.2% William Robinson (J) 38.8% |
| Pennsylvania 23 | None (District created) | New seat Jacksonian gain |
Samuel S. Harrison (J) 61.0% William Ayers (AM) 39.0% | ||
| Pennsylvania 24 | John Banks Redistricted from the 18th district |
Anti-Masonic | 1830 | Re-elected | John Banks (AM) 51.1% Samuel Power (J) 48.9% |
| Pennsylvania 25 | None (District created) | New seat Jacksonian gain |
John Galbraith (J) 55.2% Thomas H. Sill (AM) 44.8% | ||
In the 1st district, Joel B. Sutherland (J) resigned sometime after the election to accept a judgeship, but then subsequently resigned that position and ran in the ensuing special election, winning the seat back.
See also
- List of United States House of Representatives elections, 1824–54
- United States Senate elections, 1832
- United States presidential election, 1832
- 23rd United States Congress
Notes
- ↑ By this point, Jacksonians also started to be known as Democrats.
- ↑ By this point, Anti-Jacksonians were also known as National Republicans.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 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 (incl. 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 Anti-Jacksonians 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.
- ↑ Changed from at-large
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Includes 5 plural districts
- ↑ Includes 3 plural districts
- ↑ For plural districts, percent is based on assumption that each voter cast as many votes as there are seats
- ↑ Changed parties
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)
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