Senate roll call 243 · 66th Congress · Mar 18, 1920
To agree to a reservation to the versailles treaty, reserving the right of United States to decide which questions affect its honor, or vital interest, and are
On Mar 18, 1920, the Senate voted 27–48. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 8–31, Republicans 20–17. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 25 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
- 27
- No
- 48
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- Mar 18, 1920
By party
- Democrats8 yes · 31 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Republicans20 yes · 17 no · 14 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ voted yes
- James Duval Phelan D-CA voted yes
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO voted yes
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO voted no
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA voted no
- Harry Stewart New R-IN voted no
- James Eli Watson R-IN voted no
- Arthur Capper R-KS voted no
- Charles Curtis R-KS voted no
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA voted yes
- Frederick Hale R-ME voted no
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI voted no
- Frank Billings Kellogg R-MN voted no
- James Alexander Reed D-MO voted yes
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC voted yes
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH voted no
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR voted yes
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI voted no
- Thomas Sterling R-SD voted no
- John Knight Shields D-TN voted yes
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT voted no
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT voted no
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI voted no
- Davis Elkins R-WV voted no
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Lewis Heisler Ball R-DE
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Joseph Irwin France R-MD
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- William Musgrave Calder R-NY
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- 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
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- Josiah Oliver Wolcott D-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Park Trammell D-FL
- 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
- Augustus Owsley Stanley D-KY
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Frank Billings Kellogg R-MN
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Nathaniel Barksdale Dial D-SC
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- 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
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- Davis Elkins R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
Did not vote
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID
- Joseph Medill Mccormick R-IL
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Truman Handy Newberry R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Charles Belknap Henderson D-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Philander Chase Knox R-PA
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Howard Sutherland R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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