Senate roll call 128 · 66th Congress · Nov 18, 1919
To agree to a reservation to the versailles treaty, providing that the british protectorate in egypt is a means through which turkish suzerainty shall be transf
On Nov 18, 1919, the Senate voted 31–46. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 28–14, Democrats 4–32. 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
- 31
- No
- 46
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- Nov 18, 1919
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 32 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Republicans28 yes · 14 no · 9 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Duval Phelan D-CA voted yes
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA voted yes
- Frederick Hale R-ME voted no
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI voted no
- Frank Billings Kellogg R-MN voted no
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO voted no
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND voted no
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH voted no
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ voted no
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY voted no
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH voted no
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK voted yes
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR voted no
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR voted yes
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI voted no
- Thomas Sterling R-SD voted no
- Miles Poindexter R-WA voted no
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Lewis Heisler Ball R-DE
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Joseph Medill Mccormick R-IL
- Harry Stewart New 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
- Truman Handy Newberry R-MI
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Philander Chase Knox R-PA
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Davis Elkins R-WV
- Howard Sutherland R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Josiah Oliver Wolcott D-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Park Trammell D-FL
- 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
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Frank Billings Kellogg R-MN
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- 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
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-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
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
Did not vote
- Braxton Bragg Comer D-AL
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- William Musgrave Calder R-NY
- Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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