Senate roll call 133 · 66th Congress · Nov 19, 1919
To appeal from the decision of the chair, made during debate on the versailles treaty, ruling that the resolution of ratification, with reservations, now before
On Nov 19, 1919, the Senate voted 43–50. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 1–47, Democrats 42–3. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 4 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
- 43
- No
- 50
- Did not vote
- 8
- Date
- Nov 19, 1919
By party
- Democrats42 yes · 3 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Republicans1 yes · 47 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Alexander Reed D-MO voted no
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND voted yes
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK voted no
- John Knight Shields D-TN voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- 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
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- 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
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Charles Belknap Henderson D-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Nathaniel Barksdale Dial D-SC
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- William Henry King D-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- 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
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Joseph Irwin France R-MD
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Truman Handy Newberry R-MI
- Frank Billings Kellogg R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- William Musgrave Calder R-NY
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Philander Chase Knox R-PA
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Davis Elkins R-WV
- Howard Sutherland R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- Braxton Bragg Comer D-AL
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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