Senate roll call 50 · 66th Congress · Oct 9, 1919
To adjourn during debate on the versailles treaty because of the late hour. (this vote was taken in legislative session.)
On Oct 9, 1919, the Senate voted 38–36. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 1–41, Republicans 37–0. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 1 member 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
- 38
- No
- 36
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- Oct 9, 1919
By party
- Democrats1 yes · 41 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Republicans37 yes · 0 no · 14 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Alexander Reed D-MO voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Lewis Heisler Ball R-DE
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Joseph Medill Mccormick R-IL
- Harry Stewart New R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Joseph Irwin France R-MD
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Truman Handy Newberry R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- William Musgrave Calder R-NY
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Philander Chase Knox R-PA
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Howard Sutherland R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- John Frost Nugent D-ID
- Augustus Owsley Stanley D-KY
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Charles Belknap Henderson D-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- 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
- William Henry King D-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
Did not vote
- Braxton Bragg Comer D-AL
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Josiah Oliver Wolcott D-DE
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Frank Billings Kellogg R-MN
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Davis Elkins R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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