1833 United States Senate special election in New York
Elections in New York State |
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The 1833 United States Senate special election in New York was held on January 4, 1833, by the
Background
At the State election in November 1832, a very large Jacksonian-Democratic majority was elected to the Assembly, and six of the eight State Senators elected were Jacksonian Democrats. The
Candidates
New York State Comptroller Silas Wright, Jr., was the candidate of the Jacksonian Democrats.
Result
Silas Wright, Jr., was the choice of both the Assembly and the Senate, and was declared elected.
Office | Candidate | Party | Senate (32 members) |
Assembly (128 members) |
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U.S. Senator
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Silas Wright, Jr.
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Jacksonian | 24 | 99 |
John C. Spencer
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Anti-Mason | 3 | 8 | |
James Burt | 1 | 2 | ||
Gerrit Smith | 1 | 1 | ||
James Kent | 4 | |||
Albert Gallatin | 3 | |||
Gideon Hawley | 3 | |||
John Birdsall | Anti-Mason | 1 | ||
Myron Holley | 1 | |||
William Thompson | 1 | |||
Albert H. Tracy | Anti-Mason | 1 | ||
Samuel A. Foot | 1 |
Aftermath
Wright took his seat on January 14, 1833, was re-elected twice (in 1837 and 1843) and remained in office until November 1844 when he resigned after his election as Governor of New York.
Comptroller Wright's election to the U.S. Senate produced a shuffle in the State's administration: Secretary of State
Sources
- The New York Civil List compiled in 1858 (see: pg. 63 for U.S. Senators; pg. 129 for State Senators 1833; pg. 213f for Members of Assembly 1833)
- Members of the 22nd United States Congress
- History of Political Parties in the State of New-York, Vol. II by Jabez Delano Hammond (State election, 1832: pg. 424; Speaker election, 1833: pg. 430; U.S. Senate special election, 1833: pg. 431)
- Journal of the Senate (56th Session) (1833; pg. 75f)
- Journal of the Assembly (56th Session) (1833; pg. 93f)