United States Senate elections, 1832
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The United States Senate election of 1832 was an election which had the Anti-Jackson coalition assume control of the United States Senate
from the Jacksonian coalition, despite Andrew Jackson
's victory in the Presidential election
.
As this election was prior to ratification of the seventeenth amendment
, Senators were chosen by State legislatures.
(1833–1835)
United States Senate
The United States Senate is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of the United States, and together with the United States House of Representatives comprises the United States Congress. The composition and powers of the Senate are established in Article One of the U.S. Constitution. Each...
from the Jacksonian coalition, despite Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson was the seventh President of the United States . Based in frontier Tennessee, Jackson was a politician and army general who defeated the Creek Indians at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend , and the British at the Battle of New Orleans...
's victory in the Presidential election
United States presidential election, 1832
The United States presidential election of 1832 saw incumbent President Andrew Jackson, candidate of the Democratic Party, easily win re-election against Henry Clay of Kentucky. Jackson won 219 of the 286 electoral votes cast, defeating Clay, the candidate of the National Republican Party, and...
.
As this election was prior to ratification of the seventeenth amendment
Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution established direct election of United States Senators by popular vote. The amendment supersedes Article I, § 3, Clauses 1 and 2 of the Constitution, under which senators were elected by state legislatures...
, Senators were chosen by State legislatures.
Results
23rd Congress23rd United States Congress
-House of Representatives:For the beginning of this congress, the size of the House was increased from 213 seats to 240 seats, following the 1830 United States Census .- Leadership :- Senate :* President: Martin Van Buren...
(1833–1835)
- Majority Party: Anti-Jackson (26)
- Minority Party: Jacksonian (20)
- Other Parties: NullifierNullifier PartyThe Nullifier Party was a short-lived political party based in South Carolina in the 1830s. Started by John C. Calhoun, it was a states' rights party that supported the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions, holding that States could nullify federal laws within their borders...
(2) - Total Seats: 48
Senate composition before and after elections
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| A = Anti-Jacksonian | [Bracketed] seat changed parties |
| J = Jacksonian | |
| N = Nullifier | |
| V = Vacant |
See also
- United States presidential election, 1832United States presidential election, 1832The United States presidential election of 1832 saw incumbent President Andrew Jackson, candidate of the Democratic Party, easily win re-election against Henry Clay of Kentucky. Jackson won 219 of the 286 electoral votes cast, defeating Clay, the candidate of the National Republican Party, and...
- United States House of Representatives elections, 1832
- 23rd United States Congress23rd United States Congress-House of Representatives:For the beginning of this congress, the size of the House was increased from 213 seats to 240 seats, following the 1830 United States Census .- Leadership :- Senate :* President: Martin Van Buren...