Senate roll call 379 · 33rd Congress · Jan 16, 1855
To amend bill, S. 513, by providing that senators, representatives and delegates, in Congress be paid a fixed annual salary of $2500 instead of per diem and mil
On Jan 16, 1855, the Senate voted 15–29 (S 513). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 10–15, Others 5–14. 10 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 15
- No
- 29
- Did not vote
- 26
- Date
- Jan 16, 1855
By party
- Democrats10 yes · 15 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Others5 yes · 14 no · 9 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR voted yes
- William King Sebastian D-AR voted yes
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA voted yes
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE voted yes
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL voted yes
- George Wallace Jones D-IA voted yes
- David Rice Atchison D-MO voted yes
- Richard Brodhead D-PA voted yes
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC voted yes
- Josiah James Evans D-SC voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
How each senator voted: No
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- John B. Weller D-CA
- Francis Gillette O-CT
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- James Shields D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Archibald Dixon O-KY
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Philip Allen D-RI
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Lawrence Brainerd O-VT
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Solon Borland D-AR
- Truman Smith O-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Pettit D-IN
- John Slidell D-LA
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Edward Everett O-MA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Jared Warner Williams D-NH
- John Sullivan Wells D-NH
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- James Cooper O-PA
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
Cite or embed this page
Capitol Receipts, “To amend bill, S. 513, by providing that…: Senate Vote, Jan 16, 1855,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/33-S-379/to-amend-bill-s-513-by-providing-that-senators (accessed 2026-10-17).