1832–33 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.
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Background edit
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 edit
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| William H. Ashley (I) | 7,868 | 60.6% |
| Robert W. Wells | 5,127 | 39.4% |
1833 election edit
| Jacksonian | Anti-Jacksonian | Independent | ||||||
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| 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 edit
- ^ 1832 election from Ourcampaigns.com
- ^ 1833 election from Ourcampaigns.com
- ^ Representative from Virginia 1817-1820
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