1832 United States elections

none February 2026 January 2025 1832 Presidential election year Democratic Party (US)Andrew Jackson (D) 23rd Democratic hold Andrew Jackson (D) 219 Henry Clay (NR) 49 Others 18 Democratic +16.8% 1832 presidential election results. Blue denotes states won by Jackson, light yellow denotes state won by Clay, teal denotes states won by Floyd, and orange denotes states won by Wirt. Numbers indicate the number of electoral votes allotted to each state. Anti-Jacksonian gain 18 of 52 seatsNot counting special elections. Anti-Jacksonian +1Congressional seat gain figures only reflect the results of the regularly-scheduled elections, and do not take special elections into account. Democratic hold All 240 voting members Democratic +17 Elections for the 23rd United States Congress, were held in 1832 and 1833. Taking place during the Second Party System and a political conflict over the re-authorization of the Second Bank of the United States, the elections were contested between Andrew Jackson's Democratic Party and opponents of Jackson, including the National Republicans. Though the Democrats retained the presidency and the House, they lost their Senate majority. The Anti-Masonic Party also fielded the first notable presidential candidacy from a third party.Presidential elections http://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/presidential-elections History.com History Channel 3 September 2015 In the presidential election, the Democratic President Andrew Jackson easily defeated the National Republican Senator Henry Clay from Kentucky.1832 Presidential Election http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/showelection.php?year=1832 The American Presidency Project 25 June 2014 The Anti-Masonic candidate William Wirt received 7% of the popular vote, the strongest popular vote showing by a third party up to that point, while the Nullifier John Floyd was the first third-party candidate to win electoral votes. Jackson was the last president to win a second term until Abraham Lincoln won a second term in 1864. The first presidential nominating conventions took place during this election. Also, for the first time, every state except South Carolina chose its presidential electors via statewide popular vote. Following the 1830 census, the House increased in size, adding 27 seats. Opponents of Jackson maintained the same number of seats, but the Democrats won several seats, increasing their majority.Party Divisions of the House of Representatives http://history.house.gov/Institution/Party-Divisions/Party-Divisions/ United States House of Representatives 25 June 2014 In the Senate, the anti-Jackson faction won moderate gains, taking the majority in the Senate.Party Division in the Senate, 1789-Present https://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/history/one_item_and_teasers/partydiv.htm United States Senate 25 June 2014 See also 1832 United States presidential election 1832–33 United States House of Representatives elections 1832–33 United States Senate elections References Category:1832 elections in the United States 1832