Senate roll call 58 · 66th Congress · Oct 29, 1919
To amend the versailles treaty by giving imperial and federal governments and their self-governing domains, as members of the league of nations only one members
On Oct 29, 1919, the Senate voted 32–49. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 31–13, Democrats 2–38. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 15 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
- 32
- No
- 49
- Did not vote
- 17
- Date
- Oct 29, 1919
By party
- Democrats2 yes · 38 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans31 yes · 13 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA voted no
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA voted yes
- Frederick Hale R-ME voted no
- Frank Billings Kellogg R-MN voted no
- Knute Nelson R-MN voted no
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO voted no
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND voted no
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH voted no
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ voted no
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR voted no
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI voted no
- Thomas Sterling R-SD voted no
- John Knight Shields D-TN voted yes
- Reed Smoot R-UT voted no
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Lewis Heisler Ball R-DE
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Joseph Medill Mccormick R-IL
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Harry Stewart New R-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Joseph Irwin France R-MD
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- William Musgrave Calder R-NY
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Philander Chase Knox R-PA
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Davis Elkins R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Josiah Oliver Wolcott D-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- John Frost Nugent D-ID
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Frank Billings Kellogg R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO
- 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
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Charles Belknap Henderson D-NV
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- 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
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- William Henry King D-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
Did not vote
- Braxton Bragg Comer D-AL
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID
- Augustus Owsley Stanley D-KY
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Truman Handy Newberry R-MI
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Howard Sutherland R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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