Senate roll call 253 · 66th Congress · Mar 18, 1920
To include reservation no. 15 to the versailles treaty, in a motion to postpone consideration of reservation no. 2 and thereby delay action on the reservation t
On Mar 18, 1920, the Senate voted 29–46. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 6–33, Republicans 23–14. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 20 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
- 29
- No
- 46
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- Mar 18, 1920
By party
- Democrats6 yes · 33 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Republicans23 yes · 14 no · 14 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA voted no
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO voted yes
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT voted no
- Park Trammell D-FL voted yes
- Hoke Smith D-GA voted yes
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA voted no
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted no
- Arthur Capper R-KS voted no
- Charles Curtis R-KS voted no
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY voted yes
- Joseph Irwin France R-MD voted no
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME voted no
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND voted no
- George William Norris R-NE voted no
- George Higgins Moses R-NH voted no
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH voted yes
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI voted no
- William Henry King D-UT voted yes
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted no
- Howard Sutherland R-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- Lewis Heisler Ball R-DE
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- Harry Stewart New R-IN
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Frank Billings Kellogg R-MN
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO
- 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
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- William Henry King D-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
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
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- John Frost Nugent D-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Joseph Irwin France R-MD
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Charles Belknap Henderson D-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Thomas Pryor Gore 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
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Howard Sutherland R-WV
- 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
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Josiah Oliver Wolcott D-DE
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID
- Joseph Medill Mccormick R-IL
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Augustus Owsley Stanley D-KY
- Truman Handy Newberry R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Philander Chase Knox R-PA
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- 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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