Senate roll call 40 · 33rd Congress · Feb 14, 1854
On consenting to the nomination of george n. Sanders by the President for the office of U.S. Consul for the port of london, england. (p. 212,240,242)
On Feb 14, 1854, the Senate voted 10–29. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 5–23, Others 5–6. 5 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 10
- No
- 29
- Did not vote
- 31
- Date
- Feb 14, 1854
By party
- Democrats5 yes · 23 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Others5 yes · 6 no · 17 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John B. Weller D-CA voted yes
- George Wallace Jones D-IA voted yes
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL voted yes
- Richard Brodhead D-PA voted yes
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John B. Weller D-CA
- Truman Smith O-CT
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- James Shields D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Pettit D-IN
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Edward Everett O-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Jared Warner Williams D-NH
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- William Wright D-NJ
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Did not vote
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- Solon Borland D-AR
- Francis Gillette O-CT
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Archibald Dixon O-KY
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- 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
- 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
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- James Cooper O-PA
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Lawrence Brainerd O-VT
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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