Senate roll call 488 · 31st Congress · Mar 3, 1851
To amend the bill H.R. 461 (mar. 3, 1851) making appropriations for the civil and diplomatic expenses of the government for the fiscal year ending june 30, 1852
On Mar 3, 1851, the Senate voted 3–38 (HR 461). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 1–25, Others 2–13. 1 member voted against their own party.
During the 31st Congress (1849–1850), Millard Fillmore was president.
- Yes
- 3
- No
- 38
- Did not vote
- 29
- Date
- Mar 3, 1851
By party
- Democrats1 yes · 25 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 13 no · 15 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Jeremiah Clemens D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Solon Borland D-AR
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Roger Sherman Baldwin O-CT
- Truman Smith O-CT
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Shields D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- James Whitcomb D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- Robert Rantoul Jr. D-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- Thomas Ewing O-OH
- James Cooper O-PA
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- John Charles Frémont D-CA
- John Wales O-DE
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- John Davis O-MA
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- David Stewart O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Franklin Harper Elmore D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- Robert Woodward Barnwell D-SC
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To amend the bill H.R. 461 (mar. 3, 1851)…: Senate Vote, Mar 3, 1851,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/31-S-488/to-amend-the-bill-h-r-461-mar-3 (accessed 2026-10-17).