Senate roll call 115 · 66th Congress · Nov 18, 1919
To agree to a reservation of the versailles treaty, providing that the representative of the United States on the council of the league of nations shall not giv
On Nov 18, 1919, the Senate voted 34–50. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 33–14, Democrats 4–37. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 18 members voted against their own party.
During the 66th Congress (1919–1920), Woodrow Wilson was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 34
- No
- 50
- Did not vote
- 13
- Date
- Nov 18, 1919
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 37 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Republicans33 yes · 14 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA voted yes
- Frederick Hale R-ME voted no
- Frank Billings Kellogg R-MN voted no
- Knute Nelson R-MN voted no
- James Alexander Reed D-MO voted yes
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO voted no
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND voted no
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH voted no
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY voted no
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH voted no
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK voted yes
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR voted no
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI voted no
- Thomas Sterling R-SD voted no
- John Knight Shields D-TN voted yes
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT voted no
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI voted no
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Lewis Heisler Ball R-DE
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Joseph Medill Mccormick R-IL
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Harry Stewart New R-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Joseph Irwin France R-MD
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Truman Handy Newberry R-MI
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- William Musgrave Calder R-NY
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Philander Chase Knox R-PA
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Davis Elkins R-WV
- Howard Sutherland R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Josiah Oliver Wolcott D-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- John Frost Nugent D-ID
- Augustus Owsley Stanley D-KY
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Frank Billings Kellogg R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Charles Belknap Henderson D-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Nathaniel Barksdale Dial D-SC
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- William Henry King D-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- Braxton Bragg Comer D-AL
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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