Senate roll call 161 · 82nd Congress · Sep 18, 1951
HR 3193. Establish a rate of pension to veterans for nonservice-connected disabilities. Passage over pres.' veto.
On Sep 18, 1951, the Senate voted 69–9 (HR 3193). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 38–8, Republicans 40–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 10 members voted against their own party.
During the 82nd Congress (1951–1952), Harry S. Truman was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 69
- No
- 9
- Did not vote
- 3
- Date
- Sep 18, 1951
By party
- Democrats38 yes · 8 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Republicans40 yes · 2 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James William Fulbright D-AR voted no
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA voted no
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL voted no
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted no
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI voted no
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO voted no
- James Henderson Duff R-PA voted no
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted no
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted no
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- William Benton D-CT
- John James Williams R-DE
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Herman Welker R-ID
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- Thomas Rust Underwood D-KY
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD
- John Marshall Butler R-MD
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Arthur Edson Blair Moody D-MI
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- James Preston Kem R-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- William Langer R-ND
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- Edward Martin R-PA
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY
How each senator voted: No
Voted present
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
Cite or embed this page
Capitol Receipts, “HR 3193. Establish a rate of pension to…: Senate Vote, Sep 18, 1951,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/82-S-161/hr-3193-establish-a-rate-of-pension-to-veterans (accessed 2026-10-17).