Senate roll call 107 · 33rd Congress · Apr 18, 1854
On consenting to the nomination of benjamin f. Angel, by the President as U.S. Consul for the port of honolulu, kingdom of hawaii.
On Apr 18, 1854, the Senate voted 8–30. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 5–22, Others 3–8. 5 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 8
- No
- 30
- Did not vote
- 32
- Date
- Apr 18, 1854
By party
- Democrats5 yes · 22 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 8 no · 17 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Shields D-IL voted yes
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME voted yes
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI voted yes
- Philip Allen D-RI voted yes
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Shields D-IL
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- John B. Weller D-CA
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Pettit D-IN
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- Edward Everett O-MA
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- James Cooper O-PA
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
Did not vote
- Solon Borland D-AR
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Francis Gillette O-CT
- Truman Smith O-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Archibald Dixon O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Jared Warner Williams D-NH
- John Sullivan Wells D-NH
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Lawrence Brainerd O-VT
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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