Senate roll call 39 · 33rd Congress · Feb 14, 1854
On consenting to the nomination of john l. O'sullivan by the President as charge d'affaires of the U.S. At the court of her most faithful majesty the queen of p
On Feb 14, 1854, the Senate voted 27–16. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 24–3, Others 3–13. 3 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 27
- No
- 16
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Feb 14, 1854
By party
- Democrats24 yes · 3 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 13 no · 12 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Stephen Adams D-MS voted no
- Richard Brodhead D-PA voted no
- Josiah James Evans D-SC voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- John B. Weller D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- James Shields D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- John Pettit D-IN
- John Slidell D-LA
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Jared Warner Williams D-NH
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Truman Smith O-CT
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Edward Everett O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- John Bell O-TN
Did not vote
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- Solon Borland D-AR
- Francis Gillette O-CT
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Archibald Dixon O-KY
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- John Sullivan Wells D-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- James Cooper O-PA
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Lawrence Brainerd O-VT
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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