1832 Democratic National Convention

The 1832 Democratic National Convention was held from May 21 to May 23, 1832, in Baltimore, Maryland. In the first presidential nominating convention ever held by the Democratic Party, incumbent President Andrew Jackson was nominated for a second term, while former Secretary of State Martin Van Buren was nominated for vice president.

1832 Democratic National Convention
1832 presidential election
Nominees
Jackson and Van Buren
Convention
Date(s)May 21–23, 1832
CityBaltimore, Maryland
Venue"The Athenaeum", (first), St. Paul and East Lexington Streets
Warfield's Church (First Universalist)
Candidates
Presidential nomineeAndrew Jackson of Tennessee
Vice presidential nomineeMartin Van Buren of New York
Voting
Total delegates283
Results (president)Jackson (TN): 283 (100%)
Results (vice president)Van Buren (NY): 208 (73.5%)
Barbour (VA): 49 (17.3%)
Johnson (KY): 26 (9.2%)

The Anti-Masonic Party and the National Republican Party had held the first presidential nominating conventions in 1831, and Jackson's "Kitchen Cabinet" helped organize a Democratic convention in 1832.

As the party leaders assumed that Jackson would be nominated for president, the primary purpose of the convention was to find a new running mate: Vice President John C. Calhoun had fallen out with Jackson following the Petticoat affair and the Nullification Crisis, and subsequently resigned the office in order to take a Senate seat.

The convention, which was presided over by Governor Robert Lucas, hosted delegates from every state except Missouri; Jackson won the presidential nomination unanimously.

With Jackson's strong endorsement, Van Buren easily won the vice presidential nomination on the first ballot, defeating former Representative Philip P. Barbour of Virginia and Representative Richard Mentor Johnson of Kentucky. The Democratic ticket of Jackson and Van Buren went on to win the 1832 presidential election.

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