Senate roll call 236 · 66th Congress · Mar 15, 1920
To adopt a substitute to reservation no. 2 to the versailles treaty, providing that the United States assumes no obligation to preserve territorial integrity or
On Mar 15, 1920, the Senate voted 56–24. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 16–25, Republicans 40–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 17 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
- 56
- No
- 24
- Did not vote
- 19
- Date
- Mar 15, 1920
By party
- Democrats16 yes · 25 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Republicans40 yes · 1 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ voted yes
- James Duval Phelan D-CA voted yes
- Josiah Oliver Wolcott D-DE voted yes
- Hoke Smith D-GA voted yes
- John Frost Nugent D-ID voted yes
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA voted yes
- James Alexander Reed D-MO voted yes
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT voted yes
- George William Norris R-NE voted no
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM voted yes
- Charles Belknap Henderson D-NV voted yes
- Key Pittman D-NV voted yes
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH voted yes
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK voted yes
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI voted yes
- John Knight Shields D-TN voted yes
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Josiah Oliver Wolcott D-DE
- 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
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- 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 Higgins Moses R-NH
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- 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
- William Musgrave Calder R-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Philander Chase Knox R-PA
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-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
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Braxton Bragg Comer D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Park Trammell D-FL
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- Augustus Owsley Stanley D-KY
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- George William Norris R-NE
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- 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
Did not vote
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Lewis Heisler Ball R-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- Truman Handy Newberry R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To adopt a substitute to reservation no. 2…: Senate Vote, Mar 15, 1920,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/66-S-236/to-adopt-a-substitute-to-reservation-no-2-to (accessed 2026-10-17).