Senate roll call 225 · 28th Congress · Jan 16, 1845
To consent to the nomination of alexander g. Abell, as United States consul, for the island of hawaii, one of the sandwich islands.
On Jan 16, 1845, the Senate voted 22–16. Result: passed. By party: Others 14–8, Democrats 8–8. 8 members voted against their own party.
During the 28th Congress (1843–1844), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 22
- No
- 16
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- Jan 16, 1845
By party
- Democrats8 yes · 8 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Others14 yes · 8 no · 8 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL voted no
- Sidney Breese D-IL voted no
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH voted no
- Levi Woodbury D-NH voted no
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH voted no
- William Allen D-OH voted no
- James Buchanan D-PA voted no
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- John Brown Francis O-RI
- Ephraim Hubbard Foster O-TN
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- John Henderson O-MS
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- James Buchanan D-PA
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC
- Spencer Jarnagin O-TN
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
Did not vote
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- James Semple D-IL
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- George Evans O-ME
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- 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
- William Segar Archer O-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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