The 1834–35 United States House of Representatives elections were held on various dates in various states between July 7, 1834 and November 5, 1835. Each state set its own date for its elections to the House of Representatives before the first session of the 24th United States Congress convened on December 7, 1835. They were held during President Andrew Jackson's second term. Elections were held for 240 seats that represented 24 states, as well as the at-large-district seat for the pending new state of Michigan. 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 (an anti-Masonry movement) and the Nullifier Party (a John C. Calhoun-led states' rights party that supported South Carolina during the Nullification Crisis in 1832 and 1833). 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 Michigan was admitted during this Congress, adding 1 seat. Special elections 23rd Congress |- ! rowspan=3 | | William W. Ellsworth | | Anti-Jacksonian | 1829 | data-sort-value="January 1, 1834" | Incumbent resigned July 8, 1834.New member elected in 1834 and seated December 1, 1834.Anti-Jacksonian hold.Successor later lost re-election, see below. | rowspan=3 nowrap | |- | Jabez W. Huntington | | Anti-Jacksonian | 1829 | data-sort-value="January 1, 1834" | Incumbent resigned August 16, 1834 to become judge of the Connecticut Supreme Court of Errors.New member elected in 1834 and seated December 1, 1834.Anti-Jacksonian hold.Successor was not a candidate to the next term see below. |- |