The election saw the first use of the presidential nominating conventions , and the Democrats , National Republicans , and the Anti-Masonic Party all used national conventions to select their respective presidential candidates . Jackson won re-nomination with no opposition , and the 1832 Democratic National Convention replaced Vice President John C. Calhoun with Martin Van Buren . The National Republican Convention nominated a ticket led by Clay , a Kentuckian who had served as the Secretary of State under President John Quincy Adams . The Anti-Masonic Party , one of the first major third parties in U.S. history , nominated former Attorney General William Wirt
1832 Democratic National Convention
1832 Democratic National Convention
1832 United States presidential election