House roll call 115 · 84th Congress · Jun 27, 1956
HR 7886. Veterans' pensions. Increase and liberalize basis of payment for non-service connected veterans' pensions. Motion to recommit. Rejected.
On Jun 27, 1956, the House voted 110–305 (HR 7886). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 39–182, Republicans 71–123. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 110 members voted against their own party.
During the 84th Congress (1955–1956), Dwight D. Eisenhower was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 110
- No
- 305
- Did not vote
- 5
- Date
- Jun 27, 1956
By party
- Democrats39 yes · 182 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Republicans71 yes · 123 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Stewart Lee Udall D-AZ voted yes
- William Somers Mailliard R-CA voted yes
- John Joseph Allen Jr. R-CA voted yes
- Charles Samuel Gubser R-CA voted yes
- Charles McKevett Teague R-CA voted yes
- Donald Lester Jackson R-CA voted yes
- Edgar Willard Hiestand R-CA voted yes
- Joseph Franklin Holt III R-CA voted yes
- John Phillips R-CA voted yes
- Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL voted yes
- Hamer Harold Budge R-ID voted yes
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL voted yes
- Noah Morgan Mason R-IL voted yes
- Harold Himmel Velde R-IL voted yes
- William Lee Springer R-IL voted yes
- Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN voted yes
- Shepard J. Crumpacker Jr. R-IN voted yes
- Errett Power Scrivner R-KS voted yes
- Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS voted yes
- Felix Edward Hébert D-LA voted yes
- John Walter Heselton R-MA voted yes
- William Henry Bates R-MA voted yes
- James Patrick Sinnott Devereux R-MD voted yes
- DeWitt Stephen Hyde R-MD voted yes
- Robert Hale R-ME voted yes
- Charles Pembroke Nelson R-ME voted yes
- Clifford Guy Mcintire R-ME voted yes
- Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI voted yes
- Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. R-MI voted yes
- Alvin Morell Bentley R-MI voted yes
- George Anthony Dondero R-MI voted yes
- Walter Henry Judd R-MN voted yes
- Thomas Bradford Curtis R-MO voted yes
- William Raleigh Hull Jr. D-MO voted yes
- Frank Ellis Smith D-MS voted yes
- Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC voted yes
- Lawrence H. Fountain D-NC voted yes
- Graham Arthur Barden D-NC voted yes
- Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC voted yes
- Carl Thomas Durham D-NC voted yes
- Frank Ertel Carlyle D-NC voted yes
- Hugh Quincy Alexander D-NC voted yes
- Charles Raper Jonas R-NC voted yes
- Woodrow Wilson Jones D-NC voted yes
- George Adams Shuford D-NC voted yes
- Perkins Bass R-NH voted yes
- Thomas Millet Hand R-NJ voted yes
- James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ voted yes
- Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen Jr. R-NJ voted yes
- William Beck Widnall R-NJ voted yes
- Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ voted yes
- Stuyvesant Wainwright II R-NY voted yes
- Steven Boghos Derounian R-NY voted yes
- John Henry Ray R-NY voted yes
- Frederic René Coudert Jr. R-NY voted yes
- Ralph Abernethy Gamble R-NY voted yes
- Ralph Waldo Gwinn R-NY voted yes
- Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY voted yes
- John Taber R-NY voted yes
- William Sterling Cole R-NY voted yes
- Daniel Alden Reed R-NY voted yes
- Gordon Harry Scherer R-OH voted yes
- William Emil Hess R-OH voted yes
- Cliff Clevenger R-OH voted yes
- Clarence J. Brown R-OH voted yes
- Thomas William Ludlow Ashley D-OH voted yes
- Thomas Albert Jenkins R-OH voted yes
- Oliver Payne Bolton R-OH voted yes
- John Martin Vorys R-OH voted yes
- William Hanes Ayres R-OH voted yes
- Frank Townsend Bow R-OH voted yes
- Frances Payne Bolton R-OH voted yes
- William Edwin Minshall Jr. R-OH voted yes
- Page Henry Belcher R-OK voted yes
- Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR voted yes
- Mathew Harris Ellsworth R-OR voted yes
- Walter Mann Mumma R-PA voted yes
- Robert Thomas Ashmore D-SC voted yes
- James Prioleau Richards D-SC voted yes
- Thomas Jefferson Murray D-TN voted yes
And 30 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Stewart Lee Udall D-AZ
- William Somers Mailliard R-CA
- John Joseph Allen Jr. R-CA
- Charles Samuel Gubser R-CA
- Charles McKevett Teague R-CA
- Donald Lester Jackson R-CA
- Edgar Willard Hiestand R-CA
- Joseph Franklin Holt III R-CA
- John Phillips R-CA
- Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL
- Hamer Harold Budge R-ID
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- Noah Morgan Mason R-IL
- Harold Himmel Velde R-IL
- William Lee Springer R-IL
- Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN
- Shepard J. Crumpacker Jr. R-IN
- Errett Power Scrivner R-KS
- Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS
- Felix Edward Hébert D-LA
- John Walter Heselton R-MA
- William Henry Bates R-MA
- James Patrick Sinnott Devereux R-MD
- DeWitt Stephen Hyde R-MD
- Robert Hale R-ME
- Charles Pembroke Nelson R-ME
- Clifford Guy Mcintire R-ME
- Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI
- Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. R-MI
- Alvin Morell Bentley R-MI
- George Anthony Dondero R-MI
- Walter Henry Judd R-MN
- Thomas Bradford Curtis R-MO
- William Raleigh Hull Jr. D-MO
- Frank Ellis Smith D-MS
- Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC
- Lawrence H. Fountain D-NC
- Graham Arthur Barden D-NC
- Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC
- Carl Thomas Durham D-NC
- Frank Ertel Carlyle D-NC
- Hugh Quincy Alexander D-NC
- Charles Raper Jonas R-NC
- Woodrow Wilson Jones D-NC
- George Adams Shuford D-NC
- Perkins Bass R-NH
- Thomas Millet Hand R-NJ
- James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ
- Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen Jr. R-NJ
- William Beck Widnall R-NJ
- Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ
- Stuyvesant Wainwright II R-NY
- Steven Boghos Derounian R-NY
- John Henry Ray R-NY
- Frederic René Coudert Jr. R-NY
- Ralph Abernethy Gamble R-NY
- Ralph Waldo Gwinn R-NY
- Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY
- John Taber R-NY
- William Sterling Cole R-NY
- Daniel Alden Reed R-NY
- Gordon Harry Scherer R-OH
- William Emil Hess R-OH
- Cliff Clevenger R-OH
- Clarence J. Brown R-OH
- Thomas William Ludlow Ashley D-OH
- Thomas Albert Jenkins R-OH
- Oliver Payne Bolton R-OH
- John Martin Vorys R-OH
- William Hanes Ayres R-OH
- Frank Townsend Bow R-OH
- Frances Payne Bolton R-OH
- William Edwin Minshall Jr. R-OH
- Page Henry Belcher R-OK
- Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR
- Mathew Harris Ellsworth R-OR
- Walter Mann Mumma R-PA
- Robert Thomas Ashmore D-SC
- James Prioleau Richards D-SC
- Thomas Jefferson Murray D-TN
- Brady Preston Gentry D-TX
- Bruce Reynolds Alger R-TX
- Olin Earl Teague D-TX
- Albert Thomas D-TX
- William Robert Poage D-TX
- James Claude Wright Jr. D-TX
- Frank Neville Ikard D-TX
- Joe Madison Kilgore D-TX
- J. T. Rutherford D-TX
- Omar Truman Burleson D-TX
- George Herman Mahon D-TX
- Paul Joseph Kilday D-TX
- Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX
- Henry Aldous Dixon R-UT
- William Adams Dawson R-UT
- Edward John Robeson Jr. D-VA
- Porter Hardy Jr. D-VA
- Julian Vaughan Gary D-VA
- Watkins Moorman Abbitt D-VA
- William Munford Tuck D-VA
- Richard Harding Poff R-VA
- Burr Powell Harrison D-VA
- Howard Worth Smith D-VA
- Joel Thomas Broyhill R-VA
- Alfred John (Jack) Westland R-WA
- Donald Hammer Magnuson D-WA
- Glenn Robert Davis R-WI
- Melvin Robert Laird R-WI
- John William Byrnes R-WI
- Edwin Keith Thomson R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- Frank William Boykin D-AL
- George McInvale Grant D-AL
- George William Andrews D-AL
- Kenneth Allison Roberts D-AL
- Albert McKinley Rains D-AL
- Armistead Inge Selden Jr. D-AL
- Carl Atwood Elliott D-AL
- Robert Emmett Jones Jr. D-AL
- George Jr. Huddleston D-AL
- Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR
- Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR
- James William Trimble D-AR
- Oren Harris D-AR
- Lawrence Brooks Hays D-AR
- William Frank Norrell D-AR
- John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ
- Clair Engle D-CA
- John Emerson Moss D-CA
- John Finley Baldwin Jr. R-CA
- George Paul Miller D-CA
- Jesse Arthur Younger R-CA
- Justin Leroy Johnson R-CA
- Bernice Frederic Sisk D-CA
- Harlan Francis Hagen D-CA
- Gordon Leo Mcdonough R-CA
- Cecil Rhodes King D-CA
- Craig Hosmer R-CA
- Chester Earl Holifield D-CA
- John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA
- Clyde Gilman Doyle D-CA
- Glenard Paul Lipscomb R-CA
- Patrick Jerome Hillings R-CA
- James Roosevelt D-CA
- Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA
- James Boyd Utt R-CA
- Byron Giles Rogers D-CO
- William Silas Hill R-CO
- John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO
- Wayne Norviel Aspinall D-CO
- Thomas Joseph Dodd D-CT
- Horace Seely-Brown Jr. R-CT
- Albert William Cretella R-CT
- Albert Paul Morano R-CT
- James Thomas Patterson R-CT
- Antoni Nicholas Sadlak R-CT
- Harris Brown Mcdowell Jr. D-DE
- William Cato Cramer R-FL
- Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
- Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL
- Albert Sydney Herlong Jr. D-FL
- Paul Grant Rogers D-FL
- James Andrew Haley D-FL
- Donald Ray (Billy) Matthews D-FL
- Prince Hulon Preston Jr. D-GA
- John Leonard Pilcher D-GA
- Elijah Lewis Forrester D-GA
- John James Flynt Jr. D-GA
- James Curran Davis D-GA
- Carl Vinson D-GA
- Henderson Lovelace Lanham D-GA
- Iris Faircloth Blitch D-GA
- Phillip Mitchell Landrum D-GA
- Paul Brown D-GA
- Frederick Delbert Schwengel R-IA
- Henry Oscar Talle R-IA
- Harold Royce Gross R-IA
- Karl Miles Le Compte R-IA
- Paul Harvey Cunningham R-IA
- James Isaac Dolliver R-IA
- Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA
- Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA
- Gracie Bowers Pfost D-ID
- William Levi Dawson D-IL
- Barratt O'Hara D-IL
- James Cunningham Murray D-IL
- William Estus Mcvey R-IL
- John Carl Kluczynski D-IL
- Thomas Joseph O'Brien D-IL
- James Bernard Bowler D-IL
- Thomas Sylvy Gordon D-IL
- Richard William Hoffman R-IL
- Timothy Patrick Sheehan R-IL
- Charles Augustus Boyle D-IL
- Marguerite Stitt Church R-IL
- Leo Elwood Allen R-IL
- Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL
- Robert Bruce Chiperfield R-IL
- Sidney Elmer Simpson R-IL
- Peter Francis Mack Jr. D-IL
- Charles Melvin Price D-IL
- Kenneth James Gray D-IL
- Ray John Madden D-IN
- John Valentine Beamer R-IN
- Cecil Murray Harden R-IN
- William Gilmer Bray R-IN
- Winfield Kirkpatrick Denton D-IN
- Earl Wilson R-IN
- Ralph Harvey R-IN
- Charles Bruce Brownson R-IN
- William Henry Avery R-KS
- Myron Virgil George R-KS
- Edward Herbert Rees R-KS
- Wint Smith R-KS
- Noble Jones Gregory D-KY
- William Huston Natcher D-KY
- John Marshall Robsion Jr. R-KY
- Frank Leslie Chelf D-KY
- Brent Spence D-KY
- John Clarence Watts D-KY
- Carl Dewey Perkins D-KY
- Eugene Siler R-KY
- Thomas Hale Boggs Sr. D-LA
- Edwin Edward Willis D-LA
- Overton Brooks D-LA
- Otto Ernest Passman D-LA
- George Shannon Long D-LA
- Edward Patrick Boland D-MA
- Philip Joseph Philbin D-MA
- Harold Daniel Donohue D-MA
- Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA
- Torbert Hart Macdonald D-MA
- Donald William Nicholson R-MA
- Laurence Curtis R-MA
- Thomas Philip (Tip) O'Neill Jr. D-MA
- John William Mccormack D-MA
- Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA
- Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA
- Edward Tylor Miller R-MD
- Edward Alexander Garmatz D-MD
- George Hyde Fallon D-MD
- Richard Estep Lankford D-MD
- Samuel Nathaniel Friedel D-MD
- Thaddeus Michael Machrowicz D-MI
- George Meader R-MI
- August Edgar Johansen R-MI
- Donald Hayworth D-MI
- Elford Albin Cederberg R-MI
- Victor Alfred Knox R-MI
- John Bonifas Bennett R-MI
- Charles Coles Diggs Jr. D-MI
- Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- John Lesinski Jr. D-MI
- Martha Wright Griffiths D-MI
- August Herman Andresen R-MN
- Roy William Wier D-MN
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN
- Fred Marshall D-MN
- Herman Carl Andersen R-MN
- John Anton Blatnik D-MN
- Coya Gjesdal Knutson D-MN
- Frank Melvin Karsten D-MO
- Leonor Kretzer Sullivan D-MO
- George Henry Christopher D-MO
- Richard Walker Bolling D-MO
- Dewey Jackson Short R-MO
- Albert Sidney Johnson Carnahan D-MO
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO
- Paul Caruthers Jones D-MO
- Morgan Moore Moulder D-MO
- Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D-MS
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
- John Bell Williams D-MS
- William Arthur Winstead D-MS
- William Meyers Colmer D-MS
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Orvin Benonie Fjare R-MT
- Charles Bennett Deane D-NC
- Otto Krueger R-ND
- Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND
- Phillip Hart Weaver R-NE
- Jackson Burton Chase R-NE
- Robert Dinsmore Harrison R-NE
- Arthur Lewis Miller R-NE
- Chester Earl Merrow R-NH
- Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ
- Frank Thompson Jr. D-NJ
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Gordon Canfield R-NJ
- Frank Charles Osmers Jr. R-NJ
- Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. D-NJ
- Hugh Joseph Addonizio D-NJ
- Alfred Dennis Sieminski D-NJ
- Thomas James Tumulty D-NJ
- Antonio M. Fernández D-NM
- John Joseph Dempsey D-NM
- Clarence Clifton Young R-NV
- Frank John Becker R-NY
- Henry Jepson Latham R-NY
- Albert Henry Bosch R-NY
- Lester Holtzman D-NY
- James Joseph Delaney D-NY
- Victor L'Episcopo Anfuso D-NY
- Eugene James Keogh D-NY
- Edna Flannery Kelly D-NY
- Emanuel Celler D-NY
- Francis Edwin Dorn R-NY
- Abraham Jacob Multer D-NY
- John James Rooney D-NY
- Adam Clayton Powell Jr. D-NY
- James George Donovan D-NY
- Arthur George Klein D-NY
- Irwin Delmore Davidson D-NY
- Herbert Zelenko D-NY
- James Christopher Healey D-NY
- Isidore Dollinger D-NY
- Charles Anthony Buckley D-NY
- Paul Albert Fino R-NY
- Katharine Price Collier St. George R-NY
- James Ernest Wharton R-NY
- Leo William O'Brien D-NY
- Dean Park Taylor R-NY
- Bernard William (Pat) Kearney R-NY
- William Robert Williams R-NY
- Roy Walter Riehlman R-NY
- Kenneth Barnard Keating R-NY
- Harold Charles Ostertag R-NY
- William Edward Miller R-NY
- Edmund Patrick Radwan R-NY
- John Raymond Pillion R-NY
- Paul Fornshell Schenck R-OH
- William Moore Mcculloch R-OH
- James Gould Polk D-OH
- Jackson Edward Betts R-OH
- Albert David Baumhart Jr. R-OH
- John Earl Henderson R-OH
- J. Harry Mcgregor R-OH
- Wayne Levere Hays D-OH
- Michael Joseph Kirwan D-OH
- Michael Aloysius Feighan D-OH
- Charles Albert Vanik D-OH
- Edmond Augustus Edmondson D-OK
- Carl Bert Albert D-OK
- Thomas Jefferson Steed D-OK
- John Jarman D-OK
- Victor Eugene Wickersham D-OK
- Samuel Harrison Coon R-OR
- Edith Starrett Green D-OR
- William Aloysius Barrett D-PA
- James Aloysius Byrne D-PA
- Earl Chudoff D-PA
- William Joseph Green Jr. D-PA
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Benjamin Franklin James R-PA
- Karl Clarence King R-PA
- Paul Bartram Dague R-PA
- Joseph Leonard Carrigg R-PA
- Daniel John Flood D-PA
- Ivor David Fenton R-PA
- Samuel Kerns Mcconnell Jr. R-PA
- George Milton Rhodes D-PA
- Francis Eugene Walter D-PA
- Alvin Ray Bush R-PA
- Richard Murray Simpson R-PA
- James Michael Quigley D-PA
- James Edward Van Zandt R-PA
- Leon Harry Gavin R-PA
- Carroll Dudley Kearns R-PA
- Frank Monroe Clark D-PA
- Thomas Ellsworth Morgan D-PA
- James Grove Fulton R-PA
- Robert James Corbett R-PA
- Elmer Joseph Holland D-PA
- Aime Joseph Forand D-RI
- John Edward Fogarty D-RI
- Lucius Mendel Rivers D-SC
- John Jacob Riley D-SC
- William Jennings Bryan Dorn D-SC
- John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC
- Harold Orrin Lovre R-SD
- Ellis Yarnal Berry R-SD
- Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN
- Howard Henry Baker R-TN
- James Beriah Frazier Jr. D-TN
- Joseph Landon Evins D-TN
- James Percy Priest D-TN
- Ross Bass D-TN
- Jere Cooper D-TN
- Clifford Davis D-TN
- John William Wright Patman D-TX
- Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
- John Vernard Dowdy D-TX
- Clark Wallace Thompson D-TX
- Walter Edward Rogers D-TX
- Martin Dies Jr. D-TX
- William Pat Jennings D-VA
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT
- Thomas Minor Pelly R-WA
- Russell Vernon Mack R-WA
- Otis Halbert Holmes R-WA
- Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA
- Thor Carl Tollefson R-WA
- Lawrence Henry Smith R-WI
- Gardner Robert Withrow R-WI
- Clement John Zablocki D-WI
- Henry Schoellkopf Reuss D-WI
- William Kaiser Van Pelt R-WI
- Lester Roland Johnson D-WI
- Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI
- Robert Homer Mollohan D-WV
- Harley Orrin Staggers D-WV
- Cleveland Monroe Bailey D-WV
- Maurice Gwinn Burnside D-WV
- Maude Elizabeth Kee D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
Voted present
- Hubert Baxter Scudder R-CA
- John Francis Shelley D-CA
- Robert Carlton (Bob) Wilson R-CA
- Charles Wesley Vursell R-IL
- Edwin Ross Adair R-IN
- James Hobson Morrison D-LA
- Theo Ashton Thompson D-LA
- Thomas Joseph Lane D-MA
- Jesse Paine Wolcott R-MI
- Ruth Thompson R-MI
- Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN
- Richard Thurmond Chatham D-NC
- Augustine Bernard Kelley D-PA
- John Phillips Saylor R-PA
- Herman Peter Eberharter D-PA
- Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX
- William Homer Thornberry D-TX
- John Junior Bell D-TX
Did not vote
- Chauncey William Reed R-IL
- John David Dingell D-MI
- Sidney Asher Fine D-NY
- William Thomas Granahan D-PA
- Vera Daerr Buchanan D-PA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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