Senate roll call 240 · 66th Congress · Mar 17, 1920
To approve a reservation to the treaty of peace with germany, providing that the United States withhold its assent to article 147 of the treaty in so far as rec
On Mar 17, 1920, the Senate voted 15–51. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 9–25, Democrats 7–26. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 16 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
- 15
- No
- 51
- Did not vote
- 34
- Date
- Mar 17, 1920
By party
- Democrats7 yes · 26 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Republicans9 yes · 25 no · 17 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ voted yes
- James Duval Phelan D-CA voted yes
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT voted yes
- Park Trammell D-FL voted yes
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA voted yes
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted yes
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA voted yes
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA voted yes
- Joseph Irwin France R-MD voted yes
- James Alexander Reed D-MO voted yes
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND voted yes
- George William Norris R-NE voted yes
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK voted yes
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR voted yes
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted yes
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Park Trammell D-FL
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Joseph Irwin France R-MD
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Braxton Bragg Comer D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Josiah Oliver Wolcott D-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- John Frost Nugent D-ID
- Harry Stewart New R-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- 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
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- William Musgrave Calder R-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- 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
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- William Henry King D-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- Davis Elkins R-WV
- Howard Sutherland R-WV
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
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
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Lewis Heisler Ball R-DE
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID
- Joseph Medill Mccormick R-IL
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Augustus Owsley Stanley 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
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Charles Belknap Henderson D-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Philander Chase Knox R-PA
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- 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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