Senate roll call 250 · 66th Congress · Mar 18, 1920
To amend a reservation to the versailles treay, by declaring adhesion to the principal of self-determination and sympathy with aspirations of irish people for t
On Mar 18, 1920, the Senate voted 36–42. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 5–36, Republicans 31–9. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 14 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
- 36
- No
- 42
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- Mar 18, 1920
By party
- Democrats5 yes · 36 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Republicans31 yes · 9 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA voted no
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT voted no
- Hoke Smith D-GA voted yes
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted no
- Charles Curtis R-KS voted no
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA voted yes
- Joseph Irwin France R-MD voted no
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT voted yes
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND voted no
- George William Norris R-NE voted no
- Charles Belknap Henderson D-NV voted yes
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK voted yes
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI voted no
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Lewis Heisler Ball R-DE
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Harry Stewart New R-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Frank Billings Kellogg R-MN
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- 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
- William Musgrave Calder R-NY
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- 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
How each senator voted: No
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Josiah Oliver Wolcott D-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Park Trammell D-FL
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- John Frost Nugent D-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Joseph Irwin France R-MD
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Nathaniel Barksdale Dial D-SC
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- 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
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
Did not vote
- Braxton Bragg Comer D-AL
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID
- Joseph Medill Mccormick R-IL
- Augustus Owsley Stanley D-KY
- Truman Handy Newberry R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Philander Chase Knox R-PA
- 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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