United States Senate elections, 1830
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The United States Senate election of 1830 was an election which had the Jacksonian coalition lose a seat in the United States Senate
to the Anti-Jackson coalition.
As this election was prior to ratification of the seventeenth amendment
, Senators were chosen by State legislatures.
(1831–1833)
United States Senate
The United States Senate is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of the United States, and together with the United States House of Representatives comprises the United States Congress. The composition and powers of the Senate are established in Article One of the U.S. Constitution. Each...
to the Anti-Jackson coalition.
As this election was prior to ratification of the seventeenth amendment
Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution established direct election of United States Senators by popular vote. The amendment supersedes Article I, § 3, Clauses 1 and 2 of the Constitution, under which senators were elected by state legislatures...
, Senators were chosen by State legislatures.
Results
22nd Congress22nd United States Congress
-House of Representatives:-Leadership:- Senate :* President:** John C. Calhoun , resigned December 28, 1832, thereafter vacant.* President pro tempore:** Samuel Smith , first elected December 5, 1831** Littleton W...
(1831–1833)
- Majority Party: Jacksonian (24)
- Minority Party: Anti-Jackson (22)
- Other Parties: NullifierNullifier PartyThe Nullifier Party was a short-lived political party based in South Carolina in the 1830s. Started by John C. Calhoun, it was a states' rights party that supported the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions, holding that States could nullify federal laws within their borders...
(2) - Total Seats: 48
Senate composition before and after elections
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| A = Anti-Jacksonian | [Bracketed] seat changed parties |
| J = Jacksonian | |
| N = Nullifier | |
| V = Vacant |
See also
- United States House of Representatives elections, 1830
- 22nd United States Congress22nd United States Congress-House of Representatives:-Leadership:- Senate :* President:** John C. Calhoun , resigned December 28, 1832, thereafter vacant.* President pro tempore:** Samuel Smith , first elected December 5, 1831** Littleton W...