HR 4617. Liberalize the requirement for payment of pension in certain cases to veterans and their widows and children.

On Jun 1, 1949, the House voted 365–27 (HR 4617). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 231–12, Republicans 139–21, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 33 members voted against their own party.

During the 81st Congress (1949–1950), Harry S. Truman was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 365
No: 27
Did not vote: 14
Date: Jun 1, 1949

By party

Democrats231 yes · 12 no · 8 didn’t vote
Republicans139 yes · 21 no · 5 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Samuel Francis Hobbs D-AL voted no
Laurie Calvin Battle D-AL voted no
James Ellsworth Noland D-IN voted no
Andrew Jacobs D-IN voted no
Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY voted no
John Walter Heselton R-MA voted no
John William Mccormack D-MA voted no
Robert Hale R-ME voted no
Walter Henry Judd R-MN voted no
Charles Aubrey Eaton R-NJ voted no
Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted no
Harry Lancaster Towe R-NJ voted no
Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ voted no
William Kingsland Macy R-NY voted no
Leonard Wood Hall R-NY voted no
Frederic René Coudert Jr. R-NY voted no
Ralph Waldo Gwinn R-NY voted no
Ralph Abernethy Gamble R-NY voted no
Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY voted no
John Taber R-NY voted no
William Sterling Cole R-NY voted no
James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY voted no
Charles Henry Elston R-OH voted no
Robert Fleming Rich R-PA voted no
Hugo Sheridan Sims Jr. D-SC voted no
Joseph Franklin Wilson D-TX voted no
Olin Earl Teague D-TX voted no
Julian Vaughan Gary D-VA voted no
Thomas Bahnson Stanley D-VA voted no
Burr Powell Harrison D-VA voted no
Howard Worth Smith D-VA voted no
Glenn Robert Davis R-WI voted no
John William Byrnes R-WI voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Voted present

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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