The1833 United States Senate special election in New York was held on January 4, 1833, by theNew York State Legislature to elect aU.S. Senator (Class 3) to represent the State ofNew York in theUnited States Senate.
William L. Marcy had been elected in 1831 to this seat. InNovember 1832, Marcy was elected Governor, and upon taking office resigned his Senate seat on January 1, 1833.
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. The56th New York State Legislature met from January 1 to April 30, 1833, atAlbany. The party strength in the Assembly as shown by the election forSpeaker was: 99 for Jacksonian DemocratCharles L. Livingston and 22 for Anti-MasonJohn C. Spencer.
New York State Comptroller Silas Wright, Jr., was the candidate of theJacksonian Democrats.
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Senator | Silas Wright, Jr. | Jacksonian | 24 | 99 |
| John C. Spencer | 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 |
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 asGovernor of New York.
Comptroller Wright's election to the U.S. Senate produced a shuffle in the State's administration: Secretary of StateAzariah C. Flagg succeeded Wright as Comptroller; Adjutant GeneralJohn Adams Dix succeeded Flagg asSecretary of State; andLevi Hubbell was appointed Adjutant General of the State Militia.
