Senate roll call 224 · 28th Congress · Jan 16, 1845
To reconsider the Senate resolution of jan. 15, 1845, rejecting the nomination of alexander g. Abell, as United States counsul, for the island of hawaii.
On Jan 16, 1845, the Senate voted 25–5. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 12–3, Others 13–2. 3 members voted against their own party.
During the 28th Congress (1843–1844), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 25
- No
- 5
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- Jan 16, 1845
By party
- Democrats12 yes · 3 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Others13 yes · 2 no · 15 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH voted no
- William Allen D-OH voted no
- James Buchanan D-PA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- John Brown Francis O-RI
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- John Henderson O-MS
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- James Buchanan D-PA
Did not vote
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- James Semple D-IL
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- George Evans O-ME
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Henry Allen Foster D-NY
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- William Sprague O-RI
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- Ephraim Hubbard Foster O-TN
- Spencer Jarnagin O-TN
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- William Segar Archer O-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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