1832 and 1833 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri

Elections to the House of Representatives in Missouri for the 23rd Congress were held August 5, 1832 and August 6, 1833 for two Representatives. Unusually, rather than a single election for both seats, the second seat was elected a year after the first.

United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri, 1832 and 1833
August 5, 1832 and August 6, 1833
Both of Missouri's seats to the United States House of Representatives
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Jacksonian Anti-Jacksonian Independent
Last election 1 0 0
Seats won 1 1 0
Seat change 1
Popular vote 20,055 4,063 2,130
Percentage 76.4% 15.5% 8.1%

Background

In the 22nd Congress, Missouri had been represented by a single Representative elected at-large. With reapportionment following the Census of 1830, Missouri's representation increased to 2 representatives. Going into the election, Missouri was represented by William H. Ashley (J), who'd been elected in a special election held in 1831.

1832 election
1832 United States House election results[1]
Jacksonian
William H. Ashley (I) 7,868 60.6%
Robert W. Wells 5,127 39.4%

1833 election
1833 United States House election results[2]
Jacksonian Anti-Jacksonian Independent
George F. Strother[3] 3,630 27.4% John Bull 3,671 27.7% James H. Birch 2,130 16.1%
George Shannon 3,430 25.9% George Sibley 392 3.0%

References
  1. 1832 election from Ourcampaigns.com
  2. 1833 election from Ourcampaigns.com
  3. Representative from Virginia 1817-1820


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