1832–33 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri

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%

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.

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 had 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