United States House of Representatives elections, 1830

United States House of Representatives elections, 1830

1828 ← July 5, 1830 - October 3, 1831 → 1832

All 213 seats to the United States House of Representatives 107 seats were needed for a majority   Majority party Minority party   Leader Andrew Stevenson John W. Taylor Party Jacksonian Anti-Jacksonian Leader's seat Virginia-9th New York-17th Last election 136 seats 72 seats Seats won 126 66 Seat change 10 6   Third party Fourth party   Party Anti-Masonic Nullifier Leader's seat New York South Carolina Last election 5 seats 0 seats Seats won 17 4 Seat change 12 4

Speaker before election Andrew Stevenson Jacksonian Elected Speaker Andrew Stevenson Jacksonian

The U.S. House election, 1830 is the collective name for the election of delegates to the United States House of Representatives held in the latter half of 1830. The supporters of President Andrew Jackson lost ten seats in the election, but managed to maintain control of the chamber amidst several opposition parties.

The brass style of Congress during the administration of Andrew Jackson caused a number of Americans to become discontent with the government and both of its major parties. Anger over the Tariff of 1828 also provided a major issue, particularly in the agricultural South. The Democrats remained firmly in control of the House, but lost several seats, as did the minority Anti-Jacksonians. The Anti-Masonic Party, an aspiring third party which was based on a single issue (distrust of Freemasonry), was actually able to gain several seats, and four South Carolina Congressman who called themselves Nullifiers (based on the principle of states' rights) were also elected. Thus, this was the first election in the House where both major parties lost seats at the same time; this would not occur again until the 1854 elections.

Election summaries

State	Type	Date	Total seats	Jacksonian		Anti-Jacksonian		Anti-Masonic		Nullifier
				Seats	Change	Seats	Change	Seats	Change	Seats	Change
Delaware	At-large	November 13, 1830	1	0		1		0		0
Georgia	At-large	October 4, 1830	7	7		0		0		0
Louisiana	District (3)	July 5-7, 1830	3	1		2		0		0
Maine	District (7)	September 13, 1830	7	6	2	1	2	0		0
Massachusetts	District (13)	November 1, 1830	13	0		13		0		0
Mississippi	At-large	August 2-3, 1830	1	1		0		0		0
New Jersey	At-large	November 6, 1830	6	0		6		0		0
New York	District (30)	November 1-3, 1830	34	23	3	3	8	8	5	0
Ohio	District (14)	October 12, 1830	14	6	2	8	2	0		0
Pennsylvania	District (18)	October 12, 1830	26	17	7	2	1	7	6	0
South Carolina	District (9)	October 11-12, 1830	9	5	4	0		0		4	4
Vermont	District (5)	September 6, 1830	5	0		3	1	2	1	0
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Alabama	District (3)	August 1, 1831	3	3		0		0		0
Connecticut	At-large	April 14, 1831	6	0		6		0		0
Illinois	At-large	August 1, 1831	1	1		0		0		0
Indiana	District (3)	August 5, 1831	3	3	2	0	2	0		0
Kentucky	District (12)	August 1, 1831	12	8	2	4	2	0		0
Maryland	District (8)	October 3, 1831	9	4	2	5	2	0		0
Missouri	At-large	August 2, 1831	1	1		0		0		0
New Hampshire	At-large	March 8, 1831	6	6		0		0		0
North Carolina	District (13)	August 11, 1831	13	11	1	2	1	0		0
Rhode Island	At-large	August 23, 1831	2	0		2		0		0
Tennessee	District (9)	August 4-5, 1831	9	8		1		0		0
Virginia	District (22)	April, 1831	22	17	1	5	1	0		0
Total			213	126 59.2%	10	66 31.0%	6	17 8.0%	12	4 1.9%	4

Complete results

Pennsylvania

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
Pennsylvania 1	Joel B. Sutherland	Jacksonian	1826	Re-elected	Joel B. Sutherland (J) 66.2% Stephen Simpson (AJ) 33.8%
Pennsylvania 2	Joseph Hemphill	Jacksonian	1800 1828	Retired Jacksonian hold	Henry Horn (J) 55.6% Daniel W. Coxe (AJ) 44.4%
Pennsylvania 3	Daniel H. Miller	Jacksonian	1822	Lost re-election Anti-Jacksonian gain	John G. Watmough (AJ) 54.1% Daniel H. Miller (J) 45.9%
Pennsylvania 4 Plural district with 3 seats	James Buchanan	Jacksonian	1820	Retired Anti-Masonic gain	William Hiester (AM) 52.4% Joshua Evans, Jr. (J) 50.4% David Potts, Jr. (AM) 49.1% Edward Darlington (AM) 49.0% Samuel Boyd (J) 47.3% Archibald T. Dick (J) 37.1% Samuel Edwards (F) 14.6%
	Joshua Evans, Jr.	Jacksonian	1828	Re-elected
	George G. Leiper	Jacksonian	1828	Retired Anti-Masonic gain
Pennsylvania 5	John B. Sterigere	Jacksonian	1826	Retired Jacksonian hold	Joel K. Mann (J) 56.4% John Freedly (AM) 43.6%
Pennsylvania 6	Innis Green	Jacksonian	1826	Retired Jacksonian hold	John C. Bucher (J) 54.4% Valentine Hummel (AJ) 45.6%
Pennsylvania 7 Plural district with 2 seats	Joseph Fry, Jr.	Jacksonian	1826	Retired Jacksonian hold	Henry A. P. Muhlenberg (J) 58.3% Henry King (J) 55.0% John Bentenman (AM) 44.2% Walter C. Livingston (AM) 42.5%
	Henry A. P. Muhlenberg	Jacksonian	1828	Re-elected
Pennsylvania 8 Plural district with 2 seats	Peter Ihrie, Jr.	Jacksonian	1829 (special)	Re-elected	Peter Ihrie, Jr. (J) 61.0% Samuel A. Smith (J) 48.1% Lewis A. Coryell (D?) 33.4% Christian J. Hutter (D?) 29.7% James M. Porter (AJ) 18.4% Stephen Brock (AJ) 9.4%
	Samuel A. Smith	Jacksonian	1829 (special)	Re-elected
Pennsylvania 9 Plural district with 3 seats	Philander Stephens	Jacksonian	1828	Re-elected	Lewis Dewart (D) 99.0% Philander Stephens (J) 69.6% James Ford (J) 68.4% John Burrows (AJ) 32.3% George Walker (AJ) 30.7%
	James Ford	Jacksonian	1828	Re-elected
	Alem Marr	Jacksonian	1828	Retired Jacksonian hold
Pennsylvania 10	Adam King	Jacksonian	1826	Re-elected	Adam King (J) 58.6% William McIlvine (AJ) 41.4%
Pennsylvania 11 Plural district with 2 seats	Thomas H. Crawford	Jacksonian	1828	Re-elected	Thomas H. Crawford (J) 60.1% William Ramsey (J) 59.2% Jacob Alter (AM) 40.5% Robert Smith (AM) 40.1%
	William Ramsey	Jacksonian	1826	Re-elected
Pennsylvania 12	John Scott	Jacksonian	1828	Lost re-election Anti-Masonic gain	Robert Allison (AM) 55.1% John Scott (J) 44.9%
Pennsylvania 13	Chauncey Forward	Jacksonian	1826	Retired Anti-Jacksonian gain	George Burd (AJ) 50.2% David Mann (AM) 48.5% Reynolds 1.3%
Pennsylvania 14	Thomas Irwin	Jacksonian	1828	Lost re-election Anti-Masonic gain	Andrew Stewart (AM) 54.3% Thomas Irwin (J) 45.7%
Pennsylvania 15	William McCreery	Jacksonian	1828	Lost re-election Anti-Masonic gain	Thomas M. T. McKennan (AM) 52.1% William McCreery (J) 47.9%
Pennsylvania 16 Plural district with 2 seats	John Gilmore	Jacksonian	1828	Re-elected	Harmar Denny (AM) 55.2% John Gilmore (J) 41.6% Robert T. Stewart (J) 35.7% William Ayers (AM) 35.4% Walter Forward (AM) 32.2%
	Harmar Denny	Anti-Masonic	1829 (special)	Re-elected
Pennsylvania 17	Richard Coulter	Jacksonian	1826	Re-elected	Richard Coulter (J) 63.5% Thomas Pollock (AM) 26.5%
Pennsylvania 18	Thomas H. Sill	Anti-Jacksonian	1826 (special) 1828	Retired Anti-Masonic gain	John Banks (AM) 57.1% Thomas S. Cunningham (J) 42.9%

In the 11th district, William Ramsey (J) died on September 29, 1831, before the first meeting of the 22nd Congress. A special election was held on November 22, 1831 to fill the resulting vacancy, electing Robert McCoy (J)

External links

• http://clerk.house.gov/histHigh/Congressional_History