Senate roll call 239 · 66th Congress · Mar 17, 1920
To table a reservation to the treaty of peace with germany, providing that the United States construes part one of the treaty to mean that such territorial adju
On Mar 17, 1920, the Senate voted 46–21. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 30–6, Democrats 16–17. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 22 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
- 46
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 32
- Date
- Mar 17, 1920
By party
- Democrats16 yes · 17 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Republicans30 yes · 6 no · 15 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Braxton Bragg Comer D-AL voted yes
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL voted yes
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT voted no
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL voted yes
- William Julius Harris D-GA voted yes
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted no
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA voted yes
- John Walter Smith D-MD voted yes
- Joseph Irwin France R-MD voted no
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS voted yes
- John Sharp Williams D-MS voted yes
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT voted yes
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC voted yes
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND voted no
- George William Norris R-NE voted no
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI voted yes
- Nathaniel Barksdale Dial D-SC voted yes
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX voted yes
- William Henry King D-UT voted yes
- Carter Glass D-VA voted yes
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted no
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Braxton Bragg Comer D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Lewis Heisler Ball R-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- Harry Stewart New R-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- 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
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- 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
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Nathaniel Barksdale Dial D-SC
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- William Henry King D-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- Davis Elkins R-WV
- Howard Sutherland R-WV
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Josiah Oliver Wolcott D-DE
- Park Trammell D-FL
- John Frost Nugent D-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Joseph Irwin France R-MD
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Charles Belknap Henderson D-NV
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
Did not vote
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID
- Joseph Medill Mccormick R-IL
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Augustus Owsley Stanley D-KY
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Truman Handy Newberry R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Philander Chase Knox R-PA
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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