Senate roll call 28 · 35th Congress · Mar 13, 1857
To table the treaty between the United States and his majesty the king of the hawaiian islands signed in washington, july 20, 1855.
On Mar 13, 1857, the Senate voted 14–30. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 13–14, Republicans 1–13, Others 0–3. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 14 members voted against their own party.
During the 35th Congress (1857–1858), James Buchanan was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 14
- No
- 30
- Did not vote
- 29
- Date
- Mar 13, 1857
By party
- Democrats13 yes · 14 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Republicans1 yes · 13 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 3 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL voted yes
- Jesse David Bright D-IN voted yes
- John Slidell D-LA voted yes
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA voted yes
- Trusten Polk D-MO voted yes
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS voted yes
- Asa Biggs D-NC voted yes
- David Settle Reid D-NC voted yes
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ voted yes
- William Wright D-NJ voted yes
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH voted yes
- Josiah James Evans D-SC voted yes
- Andrew Johnson D-TN voted yes
- Solomon Foot R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- Solomon Foot R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- James Bell R-NH
- Preston King R-NY
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Bigler D-PA
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston O-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Charles Durkee R-WI
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- James Dixon R-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Martin Waltham Bates D-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- James Shields D-MN
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- Delazon Smith D-OR
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- Arthur Peronneau Hayne D-SC
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC
- James Henry Hammond D-SC
- James Pinckney Henderson D-TX
- Matthias Ward D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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