HR 7886. Increase and liberalize basis of payment for nonservice connected veterans' pensions. Passed.

On Jun 27, 1956, the House voted 365–51 (HR 7886). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 213–10, Republicans 154–42. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 52 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: 365
No: 51
Did not vote: 5
Date: Jun 27, 1956

By party

Democrats213 yes · 10 no · 4 didn’t vote
Republicans154 yes · 42 no · 1 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Stewart Lee Udall D-AZ voted no
Charles Samuel Gubser R-CA voted no
Charles McKevett Teague R-CA voted no
Donald Lester Jackson R-CA voted no
John Phillips R-CA voted no
Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL voted no
Hamer Harold Budge R-ID voted no
Noah Morgan Mason R-IL voted no
Harold Himmel Velde R-IL voted no
Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN voted no
Shepard J. Crumpacker Jr. R-IN voted no
Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS voted no
John Walter Heselton R-MA voted no
Charles Pembroke Nelson R-ME voted no
Clifford Guy Mcintire R-ME voted no
Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI voted no
Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. R-MI voted no
Walter Henry Judd R-MN voted no
Thomas Bradford Curtis R-MO voted no
Frank Ellis Smith D-MS voted no
Perkins Bass R-NH voted no
Thomas Millet Hand R-NJ voted no
Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen Jr. R-NJ voted no
William Beck Widnall R-NJ voted no
Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ voted no
Stuyvesant Wainwright II R-NY voted no
Steven Boghos Derounian R-NY voted no
John Henry Ray 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
Daniel Alden Reed R-NY voted no
Gordon Harry Scherer R-OH voted no
Oliver Payne Bolton R-OH voted no
William Hanes Ayres R-OH voted no
Frances Payne Bolton R-OH voted no
William Edwin Minshall Jr. R-OH voted no
Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR voted no
Brady Preston Gentry D-TX voted no
Bruce Reynolds Alger R-TX voted no
Olin Earl Teague D-TX voted no
William Robert Poage D-TX voted no
Joe Madison Kilgore D-TX voted no
J. T. Rutherford D-TX voted no
Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX voted no
Henry Aldous Dixon R-UT voted no
William Adams Dawson R-UT voted no
Howard Worth Smith D-VA voted no
Glenn Robert Davis R-WI voted no
Melvin Robert Laird R-WI voted no
John William Byrnes R-WI voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Stewart Lee Udall D-AZ
Charles Samuel Gubser R-CA
Charles McKevett Teague R-CA
Donald Lester Jackson R-CA
John Phillips R-CA
Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL
Hamer Harold Budge R-ID
Noah Morgan Mason R-IL
Harold Himmel Velde R-IL
Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN
Shepard J. Crumpacker Jr. R-IN
Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS
John Walter Heselton R-MA
Charles Pembroke Nelson R-ME
Clifford Guy Mcintire R-ME
Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI
Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. R-MI
Walter Henry Judd R-MN
Thomas Bradford Curtis R-MO
Frank Ellis Smith D-MS
Perkins Bass R-NH
Thomas Millet Hand 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
Ralph Abernethy Gamble 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
Oliver Payne Bolton R-OH
William Hanes Ayres R-OH
Frances Payne Bolton R-OH
William Edwin Minshall Jr. R-OH
Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR
Brady Preston Gentry D-TX
Bruce Reynolds Alger R-TX
Olin Earl Teague D-TX
William Robert Poage D-TX
Joe Madison Kilgore D-TX
J. T. Rutherford D-TX
Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX
Henry Aldous Dixon R-UT
William Adams Dawson R-UT
Howard Worth Smith D-VA
Glenn Robert Davis R-WI
Melvin Robert Laird R-WI
John William Byrnes R-WI

Voted present

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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