1834 and 1835 United States House of Representatives elections
Elections to the United States House of Representatives for the 24th Congress were held in 1834 and 1835 during Andrew Jackson's second term as President of the United States.
Jacksonians benefitted from the president's continued popularity and the tight party organization of the nascent Democratic Party to win a large majority of House seats for the new Congress. Their primary opponents, the Anti-Jacksonians, were coalescing and unifying as the Whig Party, reducing the influence of single-issue parties, the Anti-Masonic Party and the Nullifier Party. The Whig Party evolved from the National Republican Party and these minor parties. It appealed to diverse opponents of Jackson, including voters who perceived him as autocratic and brash, voters supporting greater spending and development on institutions and infrastructure, anti-Masons, and former Federalists. As the balance of power in the House remained unchanged, with Jacksonians holding 142 seats, this was the smallest loss by a President's party in the House as a result of the so-called six-year itch.
When the House convened in December 1835, future president James K. Polk, a staunch Jacksonian, was elected speaker. He defeated the incumbent speaker, John Bell, a Jacksonian who had split with the president on the national bank and other issues. Bell subsequently aligned himself with the Anti-Jacksonians in the 24th Congress.
Election summary
The [|Michigan] was admitted during this Congress, adding 1 seat.Special elections
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| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected | Result | Candidates |
| Joel B. Sutherland | Jacksonian | 1826 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
| Horace Binney | Anti-Jacksonian | 1832 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Anti-Jacksonian hold. | ||
| James Harper | Anti-Jacksonian | 1832 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
| John G. Watmough | Anti-Jacksonian | 1830 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Jacksonian gain. | ||
| William Hiester | Anti-Masonic | 1830 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
| Edward Darlington | Anti-Masonic | 1832 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
| David Potts Jr. | Anti-Masonic | 1830 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
| Joel K. Mann | Jacksonian | 1830 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Jacksonian hold. | ||
| Robert Ramsey | Jacksonian | 1832 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Anti-Jacksonian gain. | ||
| David D. Wagener | Jacksonian | 1832 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
| Henry King | Jacksonian | 1830 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Jacksonian hold. | ||
| Henry A. P. Muhlenberg | Jacksonian | 1828 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
| William Clark | Anti-Masonic | 1832 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
| Charles A. Barnitz | Anti-Masonic | 1832 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Jacksonian gain. | ||
| George Chambers | Anti-Masonic | 1832 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
| Jesse Miller | Jacksonian | 1832 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
| Joseph Henderson | Jacksonian | 1832 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
| Andrew Beaumont | Jacksonian | 1832 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
| Joseph B. Anthony | Jacksonian | 1832 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
| John Laporte | Jacksonian | 1832 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
| George Burd | Anti-Jacksonian | 1830 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Jacksonian gain. | ||
| Richard Coulter | Jacksonian | 1826 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Jacksonian hold. | ||
| Andrew Stewart | Anti-Masonic | 1820 1830 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Jacksonian gain. | ||
| Thomas M. T. McKennan | Anti-Masonic | 1830 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
| Harmar Denny | Anti-Masonic | 1829 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
| Samuel S. Harrison | Jacksonian | 1832 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
| John Banks | Anti-Masonic | 1830 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
| John Galbraith | Jacksonian | 1832 | Incumbent re-elected. |