United States Senate elections, 1832 and 1833

United States Senate elections, 1832 and 1833

← 1830 / 1831 Dates vary by state 1834 / 1835 →
16 of the 48 seats in the United States Senate (plus special elections) 25 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Party Anti-Jacksonian Jacksonian Last election 20 seats 26 seats Seats before 22 24 Seats won 8 6 Seats after 23 21 Seat change 1 3 Seats up 7 9   Third party   Party Nullifier Last election 1 seats Seats before 2 Seats won 0 Seats after 2 Seat change Seats up 0
Majority party before election Jacksonian Elected Majority party Anti-Jacksonian

Jacksonian

Anti-Jacksonian

The United States Senate elections of 1832 and 1833 were elections that 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 these elections were prior to ratification of the seventeenth amendment, Senators were elected by State legislatures.

After the January 3, 1832 special election in Indiana.

In these special elections, the winners were seated during 1832 or before March 4, 1833; ordered by election date.

In these general elections, the winner was seated on March 4, 1833; ordered by state.

All of the elections involved the Class 1 seats.

In these special elections, the winners were seated in 1833 after March 4; ordered by election date.

For the general election, Nathaniel P. Tallmadge received majorities in both the Assembly and the Senate, and was declared elected. Due to the controversy about his eligibility, he received only very small majorities - one more than necessary in the Senate, and four more than necessary in the Assembly - although his party had large majorities in both houses of the Legislature.

William L. Marcy had been elected in 1831 to the other seat. In November 1832, Marcy was elected Governor, and upon taking office resigned his Senate seat on January 1, 1833. Silas Wright, Jr., was the choice of both the Assembly and the Senate, and was declared elected.

The election was held on eleven separate dates from December 1832 to December 1833. On December 7, 1833, Samuel McKean was elected by the Pennsylvania General Assembly to the United States Senate.

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