Senate roll call 207 · 66th Congress · Mar 4, 1920
To amend the versaille treaty, by withholding assent and reserving liberty of action with respect to any controversy, arising from former rights of germany give
On Mar 4, 1920, the Senate voted 48–21. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 39–0, Democrats 10–22. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 10 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
- 48
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Mar 4, 1920
By party
- Democrats10 yes · 22 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Republicans39 yes · 0 no · 12 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO voted yes
- Hoke Smith D-GA voted yes
- John Frost Nugent D-ID voted yes
- James Alexander Reed D-MO voted yes
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT voted yes
- Charles Belknap Henderson D-NV voted yes
- Key Pittman D-NV voted yes
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK voted yes
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR voted yes
- John Knight Shields D-TN voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- John Frost Nugent D-ID
- 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
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Frank Billings Kellogg R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- 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
- Charles Belknap Henderson D-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- William Musgrave Calder R-NY
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- 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
How each senator voted: No
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- Josiah Oliver Wolcott D-DE
- Park Trammell D-FL
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- William Henry King D-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
Did not vote
- Braxton Bragg Comer D-AL
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- Lewis Heisler Ball R-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID
- Augustus Owsley Stanley D-KY
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Truman Handy Newberry R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Nathaniel Barksdale Dial D-SC
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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