Senate roll call 218 · 66th Congress · Mar 8, 1920
To agree to reservation no. 12 of the versailles treaty, securing to american citizens the permission to appeal to United States courts, rights and interest in
On Mar 8, 1920, the Senate voted 45–27. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 38–1, Democrats 8–27. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 9 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
- 45
- No
- 27
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Mar 8, 1920
By party
- Democrats8 yes · 27 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Republicans38 yes · 1 no · 12 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL voted yes
- Knute Nelson R-MN voted no
- James Alexander Reed D-MO voted yes
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT voted yes
- Charles Belknap Henderson D-NV voted yes
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH 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
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Lewis Heisler Ball R-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- Joseph Medill Mccormick R-IL
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- 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
- 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
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- 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
- 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 Frost Nugent D-ID
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- 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
- 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
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Harry Stewart New R-IN
- Augustus Owsley Stanley D-KY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Truman Handy Newberry R-MI
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- William Musgrave Calder R-NY
- Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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